A video created by me and my friend advertising the newest product on the market today! The song is Tropical by Atomic Inc., the ski runner song.
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Keeping a Positive Attitude in the Face of Rejection
I have never heard anyone who likes facing rejection in any form. Rejection seems to have been a huge part of human life. We will face rejection no matter how rich or poor we are. Needless to day, it is part of our lives. Many people react in different ways in facing rejection, should it be called normal? In my own point of view, yes! Once rejected it is a normal human response to feel bad about it. However, it does not suggest that we should get trapped in it.
Facing the fear of rejection in relationships
This is a huge thing men and women face during teen years. However, as growing older, we feel a little less afraid if the person we like rejects us. Many are afraid to tell someone they like them because they fear being rejected. Learning to be upfront when liking someone takes a little practice indeed. Learn today and tell the person you like that you are attracted to them, it will either be a yes or a no. If you are still not brave enough, leave subtle hints in every corner of your relationship with the person. In time you will discover answers that corresponds the hints and eventually will learn whether you are rejected or not. I have seen many people trapped in the tango and eventually living in confusion with their current relationships. Eventually after some time will hear that the person they like is already attached or committed to someone. When this happens they often feel rejected and depressed and will take some time to recuperate. This is not how life is meant to be. Face rejection and move on. It is easier said than done, however, taking a closer look, getting trapped in the fear of rejection and failure is nothing but the business of the cowards. You are you and special the way you are made.
Facing rejection in sales
As a sales trainer, I have seen many of my agents and colleagues take rejection in bad ways. As mentioned earlier, this is normal. However, in sales, rejection must always be taken positive and a learning experience. More often than not we are rejected because something must have gone wrong in the sales pitch process. If you can dissect your sales pitch and replay inside your head, you can take notes of the wrong moves you made and avoid doing it again. In sales, one way to avoid rejection is to be innovative in your sales pitch and listen to yourself. If you have exerted all your effort in selling your product and still the customer do not like it, learn to give up and move on. I always tell my trainees that rejection goes together with our job as sales representative, we are here to sell to those people we can convince or really like our product but we are not here to make magic. When someone rejects you, this rejection has no bearing to your next sales pitch.
Facing rejection in the society
I do not believe this thing although for some reason I have learned to accept that some people really fee this way. We are here to coexist with our fellow beings and not feel inferior. I have had my fare share of rejection but I never lived in this thought. The best way to handle this is to keep reminding yourself that you thriving within the thoughts of rejection will bring you more feelings of rejection and that you will grow convinced that the world do not like you. Yes, the world likes you, you will not be here if not. However, when you face tough days in your daily life, whether in school or at work and everyone just seems to be picking on you, take a moment, maybe it is you who is presenting yourself to people as rejected that is why they treat you that way. Open up, when you feel more open to your colleagues, classmates or friends, you will feel that they never really rejected you, they just saw your weaknesses first. It is what you are presenting them daily anyway. Being positive is not a technique nor is it a skill possessed by some people.
Being positive is a way of life. When you wake up in the morning, embrace life and smile at it, this will cause a big change in your point of view about rejection. Be positive, some will like you and some won't. To those you cannot please, simply move on. Turn yourself into a magnet, and soon you will get those things you really want. The best way to be positive is to erase the word reject from your life vocabulary.
It sure is normal to feel rejected but it is never normal to be trapped within the feeling for a long time.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Effective Leadership Skills - Learn From Experience With 5 Magic Questions
People say that the best learning comes from experience. I believe that's true. But I also believe that not everyone learns from every experience. It's possible to have an amazing event in your work or life and to immediately go on to the next thing and not learn much from it.
How can this be?
The answer is that you may be too busy to think about what has happened. Every experience doesn't come with a "lesson" attached to it. The secret ingredient to learning from experience is to pause and reflect. To have an experience and to make it a part of your thinking, you have to ask some questions about it to analyze what happened. If you do that, chances are you'll discover the lesson in your experience. But you have to do the work.
Which questions work? What should you ask? I've found that there are five, and the effect is magical.
#1 - What happened? Before the incident escapes your memory, ask yourself what happened. Capture the details. What was the sequence of events? Who did what? Who said what? Get a clear notion of what actually occurred.
#2 - Why did it happen that way? If something good happened, what caused it to be so good? You can learn from that. If it was a mistake or a disaster, why did it happen?
#3 - What were the consequences? How bad was it? Think about cause and effect. Thinking about the impact of an action will tell you why you may want to take a different approach next time.
#4 - What would you do differently in the future? This is the "so what" question. If you ever get in this situation again, what lessons did you learn? What should you change to ensure a better outcome?
#5 - What should you do next? You've thought it through, you know what you should have done, but now what? What are your next steps to set yourself up for success?
A wonderful side-benefit of learning from mistakes is that you can stop beating yourself up about it. Yes, you didn't do what you planned to do and the results were bad. But you did the work to learn from your mistake, and you're committed to being successful next time. This changes the way you think about the mistake - and yourself. With a new intention, you can let the bad experience go. Pondering these questions is like coaching yourself, and it has a positive effect on your self-esteem.
So anyone can consider these questions and make the most of learning from experience.
Or, if you're a manager, you can help a member of your team do the thinking. This kind of coaching is a one the most power skills of an effective leader. In the best case, a manager would intervene in the coaching role. When something bad happens, the boss asks the magic questions to stimulate the thoughts that lead to learning. This helps the employee find the lessons from within, which is a much more effective way of learning.
In the worst case, someone who's had a bad experience might have the kind of boss who doesn't tolerate mistakes. Reacting with anger, blame and humiliation, such a boss would create barriers to learning. With the opportunity lost, the same mistake could happen again.
Managers learn from mistakes, too. They can facilitate their own learning by asking the magic questions. Or maybe the manager's boss knows how to coach her, asking the questions to help her become a better leader. But whether you're lucky enough to have a boss who knows how to coach, you should take responsibility for developing your own effective leadership skills. Be your own best coach.
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