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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

276: Reframing Rejection with Alex Grodnik (Host of Wall Street Oasis' Moving Up podcast)

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Alex Grodnik shares why he loves hearing no, how to respond rejection, and what to do when being ghosted.   You'll Learn: Why no is not the end but only the beginning The prescription to overcome your fear of rejection How to reframe a no   About Alex: Alex began his career as an analyst at JPMorgan Private Bank. After completing the program, he moved into investment banking at Houlihan Lokey in their restructuring group. Alex went on to work at a pioneering digital media firm before getting his MBA at UCLA Anderson. Alex grew up in Park City, Utah and loves to ski and golf.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep276 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:16.0

Hello, thanks so much for joining us here for episode 276 with Alex Grobnick.

0:26.0

I think you'll enjoy this conversation because Alex is talking about how to not take no for

0:30.8

an answer in the best most uplifting possible way and this was a great topic

0:36.5

back in episode 16 of Andrea Waltz when she talked about going for no and I think

0:41.1

it's worth talking again because I just love the way Alex reframes it in such a cool way.

0:47.0

So you'll learn one, why no is not the end, but only the beginning.

0:51.0

Two, the prescription to overcome your fear of rejection.

0:54.3

And three, how to reframe the no.

0:57.7

So if you'd like to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that were your

1:00.8

reference here, it's over awesome at your job

1:03.0

dot com slash F 276. Now here's Alex the story. Alex began his career as an

1:08.8

analyst at JPMorgan Private Bank and after completing that program he moved into investment banking at

1:13.6

Houlihan Loki in their restructuring group.

1:16.5

Alex went on to work at a pioneering digital media firm

1:19.0

before getting his MBA at UCLA Anderson

1:22.2

and Alex grew up at Park City, Utah at Loz to ski and golf.

1:25.0

So thanks to Alex for sharing his time with us and thanks to our sponsors. Check him out.

1:30.0

Here is Alex.

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Alex, thanks so much for joining us here on the How to Be Awesome at your Job Podcast.

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