Have you heard the word "NO" a few times in your business?
Maybe you heard it while you were in the planning stages, just
developing your business idea and your business plan. Possibly,
some people very close to you said "No, you can’t do that." Or,
"No, you shouldn’t do that."
Perhaps, it was after you got your business started and you
asked someone to take a look at it and give you their opinion.
They might have said "No, that will never work." Or, "No,
that’s not for me."
According to PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, by the time a child
reaches 18 years of age, the concept of "NO, YOU CAN'T!"
has been reinforced 187,000 times, whereas the concept of
"YES, YOU CAN!" has been reinforced only about 25 times!!!
Do you see why so many of us grow up to be failures, or
afraid to try anything out of the "norm"? It’s because we
have been programmed that way! We do not believe that we can!
Can you imagine how much greater we would all be if we
just heard the word "YES" a little more in our lives?
If you are in business or planning a business, I suggest you
just scratch the word "NO" from your vocabulary. Just refuse
to hear it and start hearing the word "YES", even if it’s only
in your own mind.
"YES, I can do this!"
"YES, I can do this exceptionally well!"
"YES, no one has ever done it better!"
You are going to have discouraging times in your business.
I don’t care who you are or what you do, there will be
hundreds (thousands) of times that you will want to quit.
Just throw in the towel. Go back to your NORMAL life,
in your NORMAL job, with your NORMAL friends, in
your NORMAL house, driving your NORMAL car.
But, if you give into the word NO, and resume that NORMAL
life, I promise you that this will happen.
You will wake up in the middle of some night, and lay there
thinking about what could have been. You will wonder where
you would be right now if you had continued pursuing your
goals and dreams. You will think about that wish list of things
you were going to have or do once you "made it."
You will think about the people you met that DID encourage
you. The ones that told you to never quit and to keep
following your dreams. You will wonder where they are and
what they are doing now, how big their house is and what
type of vacation they are planning.
You will lay awake for a long time.
Start right now to change the meaning that you associate with
the word NO. Learn not to take it personally. It’s
not about you.
Look at yourself in the mirror and say the word "NO" to
yourself as many times as you need to until you start to feel
a little humored by it. Did you say it one time? Ten times?
One hundred times? Five hundred times?
Are you still standing?
Ask yourself, "What’s the worst that can happen if someone
tells me NO?"
Now ask yourself, "What’s the best that can happen if
someone tells me YES?"
Focus on that scenario, and forget about the "NO’s."
Go out in search of those "YESes" everyday and before
you know it, you’ll be waving good bye to that NORMAL
job, that NORMAL house, that NORMAL car.
You’ll have to decide for yourself about those NORMAL friends!
About the Author
Jackie Ulmer, a veteran Home Based Business Owner,
has coached and trained thousands of representatives
both inside and outside of her sales organization.
One of her primary goals is to help others succeed.
She can be reached through her web site at
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