Run the Point is all about the energy of doing what you can, from where you are with what you have! Your Ambassador, Mike Bruny
Run the Point is all about the energy of doing what you can, from where you are with what you have! Your Ambassador, Mike Bruny
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I wanted to think about this question for awhile to make sure I knew exactly how I felt. I realized I handle rejection a lot differently than I use to when I was younger. When I was younger I either avoided rejection altogether and only put myself in situation that I knew I was going to get the answer I wanted or I just wouldn't ask all together. If I couldn't avoid that then I would get nervous and think of all the bad things that I assumed could happen. People would always say, "well what's the worst they could say? No." But no use to be a bad answer to me because it wasn't obviously what I wanted. As I grew older as an adult I adopted the philosophy that "everything happens for a reason". If one door was shut then that meant another was still waiting to be opened and I am just not prepared for what I think I want at that moment. I tell people all the time no to feel bad because you didn't get this or that or don't get frustrated because they said no because it's just not meant to be at the moment. Maybe there are things that need to be done so that you are better prepared to handle the situation that you are wanting. Forcing a yes can lead to eventual problems. For example, many people wanted to buy a house a few years ago because they were booming. Some people went and applied for a home loan and were denied. Those that didn't handle that rejection well find an alternate route in sub-prime lending. Many of these people were getting homes that they just really couldn't afford because they weren't really ready. They didn't handle the rejection well so they went and forced what they wanted and many of them have foreclosed on their home. When they were initially denied the bank was essentially telling them that they weren't ready and they needed to do certain things before they were actually ready to purchase a home. When they decided to force the issue they suffered a negative consequence because they just weren't ready. Now they are back a square one where now they could have been at the step they wanted to be at a few years back had they prepared themselves. Everything happens for a reason.
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