Hearing “no” isn’t the end of the world.
It just feels that way sometimes.
Don’t blame yourself for feeling that way; we learn that “yes” is good and “no” is bad. The feeling is “normalized.” It is how we are taught and from that, how we see the world.
But, let’s take a moment and reframe that feeling. What if “no” was a decision instead of an emotional wall we had to get over?
When you heard it, it became a data point where you could choose to go deep into a subject and understand the context of the “no” just as much as the joy of a “yes.”
It takes some energy, but you come out with a more accurate picture of the world.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 