Here is my latest writing. I am up to more than 28,000 words as I am working on The Daily Uplift.
No Is Not the Final Answer
Way too often
people stop when they are told no. They feel their idea is the greatest in the
world and they will pitch it to others that may feel the idea is simply
fertilizer. This rejection will become a brick wall. If the idea has merit to
you, do not stop at that no.
Earlier in
this book, I wrote a passage about not casting your pearls before swine. Again,
that is more than a biblical principle. Others that don’t think you will amount
to much are undeserving of your level of genius. Let them wallow in their pride
and find those that can appreciate the special person that you are.
Michael
Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Did that stop him? I don’t
think so. I am reasonably sure that he went back to the gym and playgrounds and
honed his skills. Not taking no as the final answer took him on his way to earn
6 NBA championship trophies as a member of the Chicago Bulls.
The young
men that started Google were put down by the heads of Yahoo for their “school project.”
They did not let that stop them and you can be grateful of that if you own an Android
device.
If you love
muscle cars, you can thank Henry Ford for his ability to not hear the word no
when his engineers told him that a V-8 engine was impossible to build. I know I
couldn’t imagine watching a NASCAR event with cars that were running six-cylinder
engines.
We enjoy
many things in life as a result of people that can’t hear the word “no” when it’s
spoken to them. Persistence pays for everyone.
Many times you will hear the word “no”
It’s up to you to decide how you go
More often the tries
Will get you the prize
Perseverance will help you to grow
Think of “no”
as a four-letter word.
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