Rejections

Dear Brolly,

I’ve never imagined myself as a salesperson - but recently, everywhere I go, people tell me that life and work is all about selling.

Pitching an idea is selling, marketing a product is selling, advertising a service is selling, dating is selling, rallying is selling.

Yet, some people like me are just introverts, people stuck in shells, who needs some kicking to get our butts off the chair and start talking to people.

How awkward my body language gets when I try to convince people, how my words lose it’s fluidity and come out in patches - like a broken lawnmower that can’t seem to run properly…

Somehow I need to train myself - do some frontline work and get chances to boost my confidence level. Maybe my only downfall is the lack of bravery to face rejection - but after so many failures - how am I not one to have already faced rejection? 

I think my answer is clear now - not to dwell in the rejections, but to learn (they always say that, but it doesn’t always work that way unless you truly believe you can get out of it) from it.

I need a plan. I need to think about what I really can/ want/ excel at doing.