Vanessa Van Edwards says when an audience member rejects you during a presentation, remind yourself of your preparation and good intentions instead of taking it personally. View their disengagement as their loss, not yours, and if needed, ask them to leave so you can keep your momentum.
It happens regularly. I'll be speaking, I'm giving a presentation that I love, I'm so proud of it, I know these tips work, I've done them myself, I've done them with you, and there's some person in the audience who's like giving me rejection, checking their phone, looking around. You see a cue of social rejection and you're like, don't panic. My answer is not very eloquent, but I think it's like fortitude. It's like an internal strength that you're a good person, you have good intention, you know how to have conversation, you've taken people school, you've done the work. If reject you, it's on them. I think this is like literally a mindset thing that you have to give yourself permission, that you've done the work, you have good intention, you're a good person, you're actually warm, you're actually competent. If they give you a cue of social rejection, it's like, they're not my person. If they're not here to learn and grow, I can't focus on them and not focus on everyone else. As Rob said, their loss. So I think like just gently excuse them.
