How many ‘NOs’ can you really handle?

You had your plans well laid out. You have decided to take the first step. And right on the first or second step, or even on the umpteenth one, someone somewhere decided your answer is ‘No’. No, we don’t need your services. No, we don’t need your product. No, we cannot sponsor your program. No, we don’t have vacancies. No, you’re not pregnant. No, I can’t marry you. No, we cannot help you! Quo Vadis? Where do you go from there? Go right back and try again!

Be unstoppable! I assure you it’s not the easiest thing to be, but the best thing to be when rejection stares you in the face.

Try not to take it personal. It’s not because you are not good enough. Fine there may be one or two things you need to change, get to work and change them. Keep your eyes on your destination.

Don’t stop trying. A woman was interviewed on TV one or two weeks ago. She started a new business producing ‘grinded rice’. I don’t remember what name she called it. But I remember that I was told that when she tried to introduce it to supermarkets they just kept turning her back. She went to the same supermarket about ten (10) times, such that the Manager had to ask her if there was something wrong with her head. Eventually he reluctantly agreed to display just two (2) items of her products. Before the week ran out he was looking for her for more products. What if she had given up on the first or second try?

Stories abound. Abraham Lincon, okay that was a long time ago right? What of Barack Obama?

How many ‘NOs’ can you really handle?

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again…then your success will appear!

Of course I agree that there is a time to hold on and a time to let go. But many times we do let go when we ought to just hold on. May God give us the wisdom to know the difference, so we don’t let go just at the breaking of day.