When I was growing up, my father (God rest his soul in peace) made it so clear to us that his NO meant NO and not MAYBE or LATER. Later when I started my first business peddling goodies at age 11, I brought this attitude to business. The first customer I approached made it so clear to me that he was not interested. I could almost hear my father screaming in my ears, “I said NO and I mean NO.” One day I decided to give myself a benefit of a doubt by returning to the same customer who had said NO to me. We were both surprised. After buying almost everything I had on me, my former rejection told me, “I have been looking for you everywhere. The moment you left, my wife convinced me that we needed your products. I tried to run after you but you had already gone too far. I am glad you came back.”
Since that time, it takes about four NOs for me to really believe someone is not interested.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
How Many NOs Before a YES?
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Wow, I am totally opposite to that. I have been raised to accept someone's opinion but to never give up n something you want unless it is absolutely impossible. This has led to me being a pushy, bossy person. I have been working on this characteristic(trying to control it a bit more) because I realized that many people have no backbone.
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