In this motivational monologue, the speaker shares how the fear of rejection was crippling his entrepreneurial growth. He recounts coaching people on the FEAR acronym—False Evidence Appearing Real—and realizing he was not applying his own teachings. By reframing a potential "no" as "not yet," he shifted his mindset, allowing him to confront fear, take action, and progress in his business. He urges listeners, who may also be held back by fear of rejection, failure, or the unknown, to adopt this perspective and move forward.
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Listen, I want to talk to you about how I overcame the fear of rejection. You see, this fear was seriously affecting my business growth as an entrepreneur, and you may be contemplating this journey of entrepreneurship as well but haven't taken action because of some type of fear. Could be fear of rejection, could be fear of failure, could be fear of the unknown. You see, before I started my business, even while I started my business, You know, I coached and trained people on the FEAR acronym, False Evidence Appearing Real. You know, after a while I told myself, you know, Kenston, you know, you're not drinking your own Kool-Aid. Like, seriously, you're not drinking your own Kool-Aid. And so I had to take action for myself. And it's when I turned the fear of rejection around, instead of, you know, fearing that someone is gonna say no to me when I make a phone call, I started saying, you know, if they say no to me, it's going to be— it's going to mean not yet. Okay. And once I turned that around, then I was able to face everything and rise. And I want that for you. Like, I really want you to take action because you chose to face everything and rise. All right. Take care.
