I love to use sports analogies... and here's a good one
that I heard by Jim Rohn, I'll just add my twist to it.
In major league baseball, if you bat .300 or more, you're
guaranteed a multi-million dollar contract. What does .300
equate to? It simply means that every ten times at bat, you
are out seven times. To put it in terms of the business
world...out of every 10 people that the player speaks to, 7
will reject him/her and only 3 will tell them yes.
Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees, recently signed a 10 year
300 million dollar contract. What was his batting average? It
was .314. In other words, every 10 times he faced a pitcher,
he was rejected 7 of those times.
The bottom line...Yes 3 times + No 7 times = 30 million
dollars a year. I would like to also add the fact that you
must become proficient in your field...study the craft and
above all...develop yourself. Personal development is the key
to any progress.
When you learn to look at rejection in practical
terms...you should not be disappointed with the word "No".
Rejection isn't an easy thing, but remember the reason the
word "Yes" exists is because of the word "No".
Remember, it doesn't matter whether you're in a Multi-Level
marketing company, as I am...or if you're in a corporate
environment, or if you simply want to do volunteer work, this
principal applies.
