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It's just business
By Leslie Olding,
Streamlined Development
It may be more difficult for self-employed people to handle
disappointment than for employees of large companies, because we
view our businesses as extensions of ourselves. Employees are
better able to put a healthy emotional distance between
themselves and their work, where we take rejection more
personally, and tend to dwell on it much longer.
But instead of personalizing rejection or disappointment, we
need to remember that there are very few things others do that
are because of us. People make decisions for all kinds of
reasons, so we shouldn’t assume to know their motivation, nor
assume it has anything to do with us. Instead of fretting and
doubting ourselves, we need to focus that energy into winning
the next customer. In my experience, the next door that opens
will be more interesting, more challenging and far more
rewarding than the one just closed.
Growing a thick skin is, indeed, a prerequisite to
self-employment. As hard as it is, we need to keep our personal
feelings from affecting our work. We can always blow off steam
with friends and family - and our colleagues in SAHOA make great
listeners, too! But we need to quickly put our disappointment
behind us and move on to the next challenge.