Wait up, that’s not the famous Field of Dreams quote!
If you build it, they will come. Right?!
Hmm, not necessarily.
Below is a pic of me from a few years ago. It was at a workshop I created about motivation. It was held at the local library and guess how many people showed up?
ZERO! ZIP! ZILCH! NOBODY!
The irony is not lost on me that it felt totally demotivating to host a motivation workshop to an audience of none after working hard to create and plan the program.
The librarian felt bad for me so she made an announcement on the loud speaker about the workshop encouraging the patrons to come check it out.
Still nobody came! I remember thinking, “Well this is kind of embarrassing.”
Yeah, it sucked…and it’s part of the journey.
I learned, I adjusted, kept putting myself out there and it got better and better.
Getting rejected and getting a lot of NO’s is a requirement on the path to success.
Learn to LOVE rejection.
Learn to LOVE receiving NO’s because if you want to create something meaningful and long-lasting in your life, you’re going to collect a LOT of NO’s.
What is your relationship with rejection?
What is your relationship with collecting NO’s?
What determines your success is not the number of YES’s you receive. It is how quickly you recover from the NO’s and try again.
Collect NO’s like it’s your job…because it is.
How many NO’s are you willing to collect today?
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