REJECTION

I am very enthused to address the topic of REJECTION! How you handle rejection is in direct proportion to how you maintain a persistent level of action in order to feel fulfilled and find your WHY in life. As a super-achiever in life (which means you have your WHY in place), you are driven to fulfill your personal goals set for you on a daily basis. In the course of this daily action, you will inevitably encounter rejection and the incredible power it exerts over you!

Just when you are feeling great and your business is beginning to grow, you will experience rejection. Out of nowhere, it will slap you right in the face like an icy, cold wind from the Arctic, and your little voice inside begins to doubt whether or not you can really achieve what you initially set out for. YOU MUST LEARN TO LOVE REJECTION! You must become excited when you get rejected while, at the same time, you attempt to forge ahead!

The most successful people are those who have felt the pains of rejection, but because of their DETERMINATION they pressed onward and won the game. As you are building your business, you need to set a goal and continue toward it regardless of the degree of discomfort that rejection may be causing you! Rejection is an extremely negative force; therefore, it is to your benefit to channel this force to produce positive results!

Thomas Edison is famous for the 10,000 ways that a person couldn’t produce electricity as a result of his numerous attempts to reach his goal – producing electricity! As we all know, he eventually succeeded. But rather than seeing his previous attempts as a negative force, he channeled all that he learned to produce the positive result of finally having reached his goal! You too will develop incredible character as you continue to build your business, REGARDLESS of the rejection that you will experience along the way. As a super-achiever, you will use your knowledge of rejection and its power to your advantage! EXPECT REJECTION, LOVE REJECTION, LEARN FROM REJECTION AND YOU WILL SUCEED!

IN SUCCESS LANGUAGE, FAILURE MEANS YOU ARE ALMOST THERE!

I have to admit the title of my section this week is OUTSTANDING! We all know as we are progressing towards our personal goals, dreams and aspirations that we will fail repeatedly, and then all of a sudden we achieve our ultimate outcome and attain our WHY in LIFE! As I state on my story page, “Each failure is a stepping stone to Success, which in turn will become a very long and lovely stone walkway into the castle of your DREAMS!” You must truly internalize the need to fail in life.

Most people fail more between the ages of 16-25 and then they don’t fail ever again in life, which means they never SUCCEED! You see, at the age 25 the majority of people lose their steam and decide to live a life instead of designing a lifestyle for themselves and their families. I am very proud to say that I have failed numerous times in my life. Just ask my parents, they will tell you …”but John you went to college just get a JOB!” As entrepreneurs, we all know that we never have jobs because whatever we do has our life-print on it, which represents our potential. The following is a list of people that we all know who failed before they succeeded. I cannot emphasize enough that you need to continue to try over and over until you succeed and realize that, as I’ve said before, “Each failure is a stepping stone to Success, which in turn will become a very long and lovely stone walkway into the castle of your DREAMS!”

FAILURES…BUT NOT QUITE
–After Fred Astaire’s first screen test, a 1933 memo from the MGM testing director said, “Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.” Astaire kept that memo over the fireplace in his Beverly Hills home.

–A relatively unsuccessful marketer of restaurant equipment, he didn’t sell his first hamburger until age 52. At a time when many people prepare for retirement, Ray Kroc built McDonald’s from a handful of hamburger stands into the world’s largest food chain.

–When his older brother was killed during WWII, he first withdrew into a shell. Then he began to listen to the radio to ease his pain. Soon he was dreaming about hosting his own radio show. That led Dick Clark to start American Bandstand.

–Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper for lacking ideas. He also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.

The question that I have for you now is, “Do you realize how you must be proud of your failures because they really are successes?” Many of my workshop attendees have heard me say “…experience is what you receive when you do not achieve what you desire.” I suggest to print this out and put it on your desk where you can read this article every day and remind yourself about Fred Astaire, Ray Kroc, Dick Clark, and Walt Disney and say to yourself, “What is MY story going to be?” You need to fail in order to ultimately succeed in LIFE! After all, in success language, failure means you are almost there!

GOALS

The theme for this week’s newsletter is GOALS. In order to achieve a goal, you must first have one! The key to hitting your target is that you must first have a specific one to hit. If you ask 100 people where they will be in five years, 95% of people will respond that they do not know!

The majority of people fail at building business, because they have a 2-5 hour mindset versus a 2-5 year plan. When someone sets a goal for five years from now and takes into consideration that they will have many ups and downs on that journey, they will never quit because they KNOW what they are working toward. Want proof? Just ask any successful person where they want to be in five years and they will tell you exactly where they want to be with an unmistakable passion in their eyes.

Personal goals are what drive you every day toward where you want to be. I ask you right now, “What are your goals? Do you have them written down? Do you have a goal partner?” A goal partner is someone who you share your goals with. The more you vocalize your goals, the more your mind believes you will achieve them. Sadly, most people do not write their goals down, nor do they find a goal partner. People without goals are lost souls just wandering back and forth to their jobs every day in anticipation of FRIDAY. (Re-read that sentence a few times because it SAYS IT ALL!)

Today I invite you to change your immediate mindset. Take action! Set some goals! Write them down and tell a friend (goal partner) who believes in you.

I often teach on the concept of “addition by subtraction”. Most people have many “friends” but have no goal partners. Often your “friends” will laugh at your goals and dreams. You need to delete this negativity from your life because it is TOXIC! When you subtract this negativity from your life, then you add to your chance of actually accomplishing your goals and ultimately achieving your “Why” in life.

FAILING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP (Part 1 of 2)

As I was thinking about the title of this writing, I said to myself, “The only way to title it is to be right to the point.” Every successful person has failed many more times than they have succeeded. Therefore the title…”FAILING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP” is perfect. Being a person who is focused on personal goals in life and is mission-orientated, you will inevitably fail over and over all the way as you progress to fulfilling your WHY! The key is to truly understand that you WILL fail as you progress to the top. As soon as you realize every failure is a stepping stone to the top and that the more stones you have in place the higher your success level will be, then you will be on the right track. The following is a list of people we all know who are considered the top in their fields and all who failed many times but never quit. Always remember: winners never quit and quitters never win!

James Earl Jones once waxed floors to earn a living.

JFK lost the election for freshman class president at Harvard.

Walt Disney was dyslexic as a child, and his first cartoon production company went bankrupt.

Dr. Seuss’s first book was rejected by 27 publishers, and he even considered burning the manuscript!

Jay Leno failed the employment test at Woolworth’s.

John Grisham’s first book was rejected by sixteen agents and 12 publishers.

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school’s varsity football team as a sophomore.

John Di Lemme was a stutterer for many years of his life and is now an international, motivational speaker and strategic business coach that helps people achieve their dreams, goals and desires!

These are just a few examples among millions of people who overcame supposed “failures” and have gone on to being great successes. You need to ask yourself, “