I know, I must have written a post about rejection for the nth time. It has become a core part of life. In the early days of building our company, I would feel frustrated and humiliated. But with age and years of selling, I’ve come to hold a different opinion.
I’m more at peace with myself now and no longer take things personally. That shift has a lot to do with reading Seneca and building affirmations around everyday encounters. It’s never easy to hear a NO from the world. But if you look a little deeper, you realize you’re just a small piece in this vast universe.
It’s not about rejection — it’s just business.
Well, what is the price of lettuce? An obolus perhaps. If a man gives up an obolus and receives lettuce, and if you do not give up an obolus and do not obtain lettuce, do not suppose that you have received less than he; for as he has lettuce, so you have the obolus which you did not give.“
The Enchiridion, Epictetus