jive1
Commercial User
I've said this many times, and I'll say it again.......
Your ability to accept rejection and criticism will directly affect your ability to succeed in anything.
People fail. It's a part of life. Even though people don't like to talk about their failures, know this:
There is no guy out there that gets laid by every girl they ask out.
There is no guy out there that gets every job they send a resume to.
There is no guy out there who gets the gig for every audition they attended.
There is no guy out there that won every game they played.
My friend's grandpa always said, "A man who never fails, never did anything with their life", and I firmly believe that.
- Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players ever had missed over 9000 shots in his career.
- The best hitters in baseball fail to get a hit more than 60% of the time.
- The best sales people in the world, get 70% or more of their leads turn into nothing.
- Many of the best bands in the world may only get 1-2 hits on an album.
The difference between success and failure is what you do when you fail. If the first place you go is to find blame in others and outside forces, you are bringing yourself one step closer to helplessness. You are much more limited in controlling outside forces than you are in controlling yourself. As some wise man said, "You can't control the winds, but you can control your sails". Even if it's not your fault, know that things happen within a system, and you're part of it. Even if your blame is only 5%, take a look at that 5% you can control and do something about it. People fail, and sometimes your best just isn't good enough. Make your best better. That's not just job specific skills, it's your people skills. More people lose jobs for not getting along with co-workers more than anything else.
Make friends. Human capital is the greatest resource a person can have. It helps financially, socially, emotionally, etc. I remember a sign at my childhood friends house that said "To have friends, you have to be a friend". I still can see that picture in my head more than 30 years later, and I have reaped the rewards from that statement 1,000,000 fold.
Your ability to accept rejection and criticism will directly affect your ability to succeed in anything.
People fail. It's a part of life. Even though people don't like to talk about their failures, know this:
There is no guy out there that gets laid by every girl they ask out.
There is no guy out there that gets every job they send a resume to.
There is no guy out there who gets the gig for every audition they attended.
There is no guy out there that won every game they played.
My friend's grandpa always said, "A man who never fails, never did anything with their life", and I firmly believe that.
- Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players ever had missed over 9000 shots in his career.
- The best hitters in baseball fail to get a hit more than 60% of the time.
- The best sales people in the world, get 70% or more of their leads turn into nothing.
- Many of the best bands in the world may only get 1-2 hits on an album.
The difference between success and failure is what you do when you fail. If the first place you go is to find blame in others and outside forces, you are bringing yourself one step closer to helplessness. You are much more limited in controlling outside forces than you are in controlling yourself. As some wise man said, "You can't control the winds, but you can control your sails". Even if it's not your fault, know that things happen within a system, and you're part of it. Even if your blame is only 5%, take a look at that 5% you can control and do something about it. People fail, and sometimes your best just isn't good enough. Make your best better. That's not just job specific skills, it's your people skills. More people lose jobs for not getting along with co-workers more than anything else.
Make friends. Human capital is the greatest resource a person can have. It helps financially, socially, emotionally, etc. I remember a sign at my childhood friends house that said "To have friends, you have to be a friend". I still can see that picture in my head more than 30 years later, and I have reaped the rewards from that statement 1,000,000 fold.
