MBA63 My 5 Steps to Handling Rejection Like a Pro

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2014

⏱️ 14 minutes

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HEEYOOOOOO! In this episode you will learn my 5 tried and true Steps to Handling Rejection Like a Pro. Getting rejected is just a part of being an entrepreneur. How you handle it will determine much of your success. These 5 Steps have served me well, so press play and let's get into it! Win a trip to the EntreLeadership Summit at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in San Diego! In May 2015, a team of leadership experts will join Dave Ramsey to bring you the EntreLeadership Summit. Nicole and I will be there! Just visit: https://www.entreleadership.com/summit/mba

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0:00.0	Heyo!
0:09.0	Welcome to the 100-hour MBA show where I teach Nicole Producers and you learn about business with our daily
0:15.8	10-minute business lessons for the real world.
0:18.8	I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar Zenholm, also the co-founder of the $100 MBA, a complete
0:25.0	business training and community online. And today you will learn my five
0:29.9	steps to handling rejection like a pro.
0:33.0	Rejection and handling rejection is just a part of being an entrepreneur.
0:38.0	You either handle it right or you handle it wrong.
0:41.0	And handling wrong can cost your business. So listen up you're going to love
0:44.4	this one let's get down to business. Right off the bat I want to just say that rejection can be tough to handle. I know because I faced it in business in life
0:58.3	rejection is just part of living life and rejection is a big part of being an entrepreneur. You will get
1:04.5	rejected. You will deal with disappointments. Needless to say, rejection can be a
1:09.2	downer, especially when you're banking your hopes on a certain client or a certain thing to work out,
1:15.2	no one likes receiving a no. You might approach a blogger to guest post on their blog
1:20.0	and they might say no. You might approach somebody to be a guest on your podcast, they might say no. You might approach somebody to be a guest on your
1:23.2	podcast they might say no. You might even have a client that comes and approaches you
1:27.4	to work with you. You work out the details you give them a price and then they say
1:31.4	no as well. The thing is rejection is a part of growth.
1:35.7	Be it your business, be it your relationship, be it whatever.
1:38.8	Rejection helps you uncover your blind spots. You learn more about yourself, about your business, and ultimately
1:44.8	how to grow and become better. Let me just say right off the bat that the only way to avoid
1:49.0	rejection is to not participate in business at all.
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