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There must be things you can ONLY get with other people’s approval. Remember back when you’re a child, you need to ask for permission from your parents to get a new toy?
As a grown-up, you must have found that it is even more true. Whether it’s signing up a new client, asking for a job or promotion, closing a deal, or even asking your crush out for a date, you must have your target agreed to your request.
Whether you like it or not, there is a possibility that you’ll face rejection. When you are rejected, not only you aren’t getting the thing you want, but this awkward feeling also keeps on lingering in the air.
Heck, there’s even a study stating some parts of the brain are activated when you experience rejection, that’ll make you feel like you are experiencing physical pain.
Urgh. Who likes that! Definitely not me.
But to succeed, you can only improve your persuasion skill by practising more, and that means you’ll have to face a lot of rejections. No joke, even the top salesperson gets rejected frequently.
Just letting you know: I’ve just started my coaching business very recently, so I’m doing lots of reaching out (FYI — I’ve never pitched people before). Unsurprisingly, I got rejected most of the time.
