A young Spanish football player said on the news that football players have to take a lot of “noes”. He had been in several selection processes and had been questioned by different teams’ coaches and by the media. The news was that this month he was finally accepted by the 1st division team of his dreams. 👊
His playful attitude towards his past rejections reminded me of many successful salespeople. I trained sales teams to handle objections for more than a decade and analyzed how the Superstars Topsellers handle this challenge.
EVERYONE in life deals with rejection to some degree; people say “no” all the time.
Some take-aways:
✔ Don’t take it seriously and anticipate
✔ Train yourself to hear it often
✔ It’s a learning opportunity, keep emotional distance
✔ Be professional in your response
✔ Treat it as part of the game, you need rejections to be closer to a win
✔ Be goal oriented, mission minded
✔ Positivity: you know you will be successful
This phenomenal football player understood he had to work with the “noes” instead of avoiding them. His growth mindset gave him the confidence to not give up. I just love the look in the eyes of persistency! Have a great day!
