Dorie Clark Interview - Resilience #shorts

I think too many of us give away our power by assuming that the gatekeepers actually know what they're doing. I think too many of us if one person says no, we never try again, or we back off, or we say, oh, God, I guess I'm not good enough. I guess that's not going to work. One person telling you no is never enough to back off. There's a million reasons, including just their inbox is too busy or whatever, they had a bad day, that they're saying no to something. It does not mean you're not good enough. Fine, if 100 people tell you no, but if you're giving up after one or two or half a dozen, you have not even started. And it is wrong, it is absolutely wrong to listen to those people and derive some kind of a judgment about yourself.