Never Take No for an Answer, Here's Why...

I tell people all the time that one of the hardest things to do in life is to become your own boss. It's easy to work for someone where you don't have to bear the risks; all you have to do is follow the rules, work, and get paid. That's like one of the easiest ways to get money.

Although being your own boss is a lifetime investment, it can be a very difficult, lonely, challenging road to pass. It takes strength, courage, patience, and discipline to go through the path of an "entrepreneur."

To be a successful entrepreneur, you need one more important thing, which is NOT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER.

As an entrepreneur, you're going to be getting more "No's" than "Yes's," it's just inevitable. It could break you or make you! But we aren't going to let it break us because there is no "NO" in our dictionary, we don't know what that means; all we know is "YES."

You're going to fail a lot of times in your business, and that's inevitable. People are going to say it to your face that your business isn't good enough, but you know what that means? It means you just created something new; you just created something no one knows. And what does that make you? A creator! Not a random entrepreneur, but one with great ideas.

So what if you sent a pitch and never got a reply, or maybe you got one, and you got a "NO?"

I'll tell you what to do; send that pitch again! And if it gets a no, send it again! You're not taking "NO" for an answer because it's not an answer.

To succeed as an entrepreneur, you have to learn how not to accept "NO" because you're going to be getting lots of "NO's." The moment you start to accept those "NO's" is the moment you begin to fail.

And don't get me wrong, if I'm asking you not to take "NO" for an answer and pitch again, I'm not telling you to send back the same solutions you sent to your customers or investors. I am not asking you to beg to get a "YES," that'll be a complete waste of your time because you'll look desperate and stupid.

I am asking you to go back and create a better solution and send it again. If one of your pitches got a "NO," create a better pitch and send it again.

Whoever gives up first loses the game.

The last thing to do is accept the "NO" as your fate and forget about it. In the game of success, giving up is not an option.

I need you to ask yourself these questions and be sincere with yourself:

• Do my idea/product/service work?
• Are they going to change my client's life?
• Do you believe in yourself?

 If your answers are all "YES's," then you have no excuse to accept "NO" for an answer.

It doesn't change the fact that you'll face obstacles and "NO's" every day, but with a positive mindset and resolve to get better, you can change those "No's" to a "Maybe" and then to a "Yes."

You have to believe in yourself, believe in what you have to offer and go for it.

The secret to turning your "No's" into "Yes's" is self-believe and confidence. With those two, you will change the world!

So work on yourself, do more research, send more pitches, meet more people, and always remember to never take "NO" for an answer.

How do you turn your "NO's" into "Yes's?" Leave a comment and let's talk.

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