Rejection & Sales Go Hand In Hand
Dealing with rejection in life is hard. Rejection is a feeling no one wants to go through. For any new person in sales. This is somewhat of a shock to the system when they get 100 nos a day. It can be seen outside of the sales world when someone’s applying for a job, trying to find a partner or trying to get a loan for their new business idea. That’s why dealing with rejection is a skill worth learning.
When it comes to sales it’s just a human to human interaction that reflects life. You will receive a lot more nos than you will receive yes’s. Learning a new language or learning to walk for the first time comes with a lot of setbacks until you gain the ultimate reward.
The biggest skill you can learn from doing sales is how you deal with rejection. This is what will set you apart from the rest and this is what will allow you to go on and achieve great success in your life.
Knowing how to deal with rejection makes life so much easier. It becomes less painful, less emotional and you can start building momentum forward instead of dwelling on the rejection. This leads you to be in charge of your destiny instead of living for someone else’s opinion or decision holding you back.
This article is written to help you understand rejection and how to use it to your advantage in life. It’s a non-negotiable part of life and you either win with it or lose.
What Sales Can Teach You About Rejection
My first job out of university was unexpectedly in sales. I was completely outside of my comfort zone in an environment that was strange but intriguing. On top of that, the sales we had to do was face to face. For an introverted guy, this was uncomfortable but luckily I was open to learning a new skill and competitiveness to become the best at it.
In my first two weeks there I learned a lot. I was definitely not a natural salesman but was improving day by day. One thing I had on my side was work ethic over the skill of persuasion. I probably spoke to 1000 people in two weeks and got 31 people to say yes to me and made £620.
Some nos were nice and some nos were harsh where you wanted to say something back. But what I learned was dealing with rejection was important whether the no was nice or rude it was still a no. It didn’t bring me closer to what I wanted if I dwelled on the outcome.
How we deal with rejection is all attitude. The mindset we have towards rejection will determine your success.
When I saw other people much better at communicating fail at sales it wasn’t because of their skill. It was was from how they handled rejection, how they could not let go of a no and move on to the next one. It was also how they let it affect them.
This is the same in real life as well. You apply for a job and they say no, some people will use it as feedback and others will look at it as a personal attack on their character where they will self sabotage themselves.
No matter if you are the best salesman in the world, most handsome or have the best CV known to man. They will all face rejection the difference is how they handle the rejection determine their success.
How To Prepare For Rejection
Preparing for rejection is important for keeping your attitude. If you’re not prepared you will lose your attitude fast. How I prepared my mind for rejection is to take all the emotion out of the no. For example in sales, I prepared my mind by telling myself that every no I received was not to me it was a no to the client. This helped to protect me from a lowering of self-esteem to ass the negative energy elsewhere. I also prepared the mind that rejection is a good thing. The reason being is that nos are inevitable so the quicker I can get away from my nos the quicker I will find my yes.
These are just two examples of many of how preparing the mind can have huge barring on maintaining your attitude. This system applies to anything in life and preparing that you will receive rejection and have strategies that protect your attitude will allow you to not get bogged down in rejection instead you can be like a frog leaping from leaf to leaf.
How To Deal With Rejection
Preparing for failure is the first part of handling rejection. The second part is dealing with rejection. Taking a head-on approach is important. When you wait for rejection to hit the power it has is huge. Instead using simple techniques can keep your attitude battery life at full capacity.
In sales no matter what no I received I always had the mindset to leave the person I found better than I found them. So whenever I received a no, I always responded with thank you for your time if you ever want more information you can pop on our website and take a look. By transferring the energy into a positive one. It allows for you to deal with th rejection you are getting . Plus on the bigger picture, the likehood of this person doing it in the future is more likely
In the real world if you get dumped, fired or rejected. You should learn how to leave things better than you left them or else the rejection will eat you alive if you let it.
To Conclude
I hope this has given you a better understanding of rejection. Rejection is a painful emotion to feel but it’s in your control of how you deal with it. The most successful people in any profession know how to deal with rejection from sport, acting or managers. Learning the systems and skills that allow you to overcome rejection can benefit you in every aspect of your life. First, you plan for rejection then you learn how to deal with rejection. because dealing with rejection is the way to keeping a balanced mind through life.
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