It's phenomena in Indonesia. When I was a fresh graduate, I saw that most of my friends avoided the positions related to sales and marketing. Many of them thought that rejection from prospects was embarrassing. It made them shy to offer or sell something. That's why they rejected the offered positions related to sales and marketing.
However, every body has ever felt shy, almost every body has ever experienced rejection when offering something. So..rejection is not embarrassing, rejection is normal because every one has freewill to decide whether to accept our recommendation.
Most of fresh graduates avoid the career related to sales and marketing. However, whatever your job, you sell something. Sales and marketing are related to offering and recommending something. And, every one has experience to propose, offer, and recommend something. When you write your application letter or CV/resume or when you are a candidate in job interview, you propose and recommend your skill and the benefit if the company recruits you in order to get money. It means you try to sell your skill and time to get money. Many times, some companies reject what you propose in application letter as well as in interview – but it doesn't mean that you die, you keep going for other opportunity. If you are university graduate, you have experienced in thesis exam. When you make proposal for study or take thesis exam, you propose the benefit from your study and recommend reference of theory which supporting your hypothesis. It means you also sell something – you offer your idea for your future. Sometimes, your lecturers reject your idea – but it's not big thing. You keep going for your future. Many times we give suggestion to our friend and family and sometimes your suggestion is not accepted by them; it means you try to sell something – you sell your idea.
Why rejection is a big thing? Many of you have experience of rejection when you propose your love to beloved one. Perhaps, you experience broken heart, rejection when you try to propose idea in your company, in your study, or in your community and some of your friends mocked at you that your experience of rejection is embarrassing. And, it make you frustrated but the fact is that you can make another better opportunity. The fact is that “rejection itself is not a big thing”. Our environment has created to our mind set and programmed in our mind that rejection is scary and embarrassing. However, most of success people experienced of rejection, too. But they had perseverance to recommend and sell their idea. Jack Canfield experienced rejection when proposing 'Chicken Soup for The Soul”. Friends of Thomas Alfa Edison laughed at him when he proposed the electric lamp. Scientist mocked Albert Einstein when he proposed the theory of relativity. Dou Wead experienced so many rejections when he was doing his networking business, but there will be no Mercy Corps, if he did not dare to fail. For them, rejection is too small, comparing what they will realize – their dream their future.
So, the biggest enemy is not those who reject you. The biggest enemy is your fear of failure – fear of rejection. Don't let it close your heart and make you not take the opportunity. Dare to fail and take the opportunity. Make decision to take opportunity and overcome your fear, you will learn a lot from it.[]
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