Get Rejected More Often
- Ask that person out
- Apply for that job
- Ask for a raise
- Request a discount
- Start a business
- Apply for that college
- Submit that manuscript
- Enter that contest
- Submit that artwork
To make progress you gotta get more rejections.
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To make progress you gotta get more rejections.
Natural ability Interest Practice Over the years ballet dancers noticed that I have perfect turnout. I even tried ballet for 3 months and the ballet teacher also said I have perfect turnout. “I would kill to have your turnout,” I heard over and over. But the 3 months of ballet class proved to me that…
My friend Zoe Ventura was showing off her new roller skating jump, then fell on her ass shortly after landing. She got back up, dusted herself off, and skated around the Reno skate park and executed the exact same jump – this time balancing herself differently after her landing. And all’s well – minus a…
Happiness as a goal gotta include happiness as a path Share this post: Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
(First written between July and Aug of 2013) YES! This is a Good Harvest! Family has it’s ups and downs, but the goal is always the same. You want to be able to jump up and yell: YES! This is a Good Harvest! When I was a kid, Dad always talked about a Good Harvest….
Has your favorite sports team ever lost? Losing is part of the game. All hail the game! I lost this weekend’s District 39 Toastmasters International speech contest at the District level (round 4 of 6). Didn’t even place. And when the top-three winner’s were announced, and I wasn’t one of them, I was immediately handed two options: 1….
As I update my life’s bio, I gotta give a big shoutout to William Hanford Lee Jr. In the summer of 1983 or 84 (I can never remember), we were all standing in the parking lot of Hiram Johnson High School in Sacramento, CA, just after performing in The Best of Broadway for a couple’a…