Creating A Better Future

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Who are you? What do you want? And where do you want to go? If you know what you want, where you want to go, are you getting closer? If not, why?

If you want to create a better future for yourself, you have got to prove it to yourself. You have got to do things differently.

When you do the same thing, you will get the same thing. When you prove it to yourself that you are capable of making things happen, you will land in a whole new place.

According to Johnny Wimbrey, ‘Prove to yourself that you value your future, and commit to seeing that feeling of value come to fruition.’

‘You are the only one who decides whether you are going to give up and make excuses about it or execute your dream and participate in your own rescue.’

‘You cannot respond until you have faith in yourself and your ability to succeed. Success should be a foregone conclusion. Be faithful to your future self in your actions today.’

‘You will never learn to value yourself and your efforts if you let the Instigators and Spectators infect your life, your goals, and your mindset.’

‘You cannot handle all this nay-saying if you don’t have faith in your dream. Use these negative opinions to build up that faith and strengthen your character.’

‘No one is qualified to push my vision into reality except me.’

‘No one will take a risk on you if you aren’t willing to put yourself and your self-worth on the line.’

‘Without the right character in place and without knowing who you are and what you are capable of, you will never achieve and maintain true success.’

‘You must participate in your own rescue.’

‘Do you have the tenacity and commitment to find someone you deserve?’

‘Someone else’s mentality has nothing to do with your reality.’

Source:

Johnny Wimbrey (2021). Building a Millionaire Mindset: How to Use the Pillars of Entrepreneurs to Gain, Maintain, and Sustain Long-Lasting Wealth

You Are Not Rejected. You Are Redirected

Life is full of rejections. When you face one, it is not about you. Rejections are about what you are selling, not about you.

Because you are more than that. No one can reject you. If you are for yourself, no one can reject you.

If you are struggling with rejections, you are not alone. Here are some quotes that you can use to overcome future rejections.

‘When you tell someone a new idea, you are looking for approval- we all are. But that doesn’t always mean you need it in order to move forward.’- Angela Duckworth

Sometimes a work-related heartbreak can inform your next steps in a useful way.’- Andie Kramer

You don’t have to accept a below-average performance review in an all-or-nothing way. You can work on critiques that resonate but call bullshit on the ones that don’t.’- Isa Watson

Self-reflection is useful; self-recrimination is not. You have to keep going.’- Sarah Koenig

A rejection in the moment feels so dramatic because it’s what is right in front of you.’- Laura Weidman Power

Tracking rejections can help you find informative patterns.’- Laura Huang

Major, heartbreaking disappointments can happen on the path to success.’- Rachel Platten

Doubling down on yourself and working harder than you ever thought possible can help you get through rejection.’- Rachel Platten

There’s more than one way to reach a goal.’- Elizabet Bell

When someone rejects your creative work, it just means that they can’t see a path for it. It doesn’t mean there isn’t one.’- Michelle Tea

Sometimes ‘no’ is just ‘not this and not yet.’- Alysia Reiner

Practice allowing yourself to not be perfect.’- Keri Smith

You don’t have to pay attention to every critique, and you don’t need to be good at everything.’- Keri Smith

A rejection can feel like it was your ‘one shot at success and fulfillment.’ That doesn’t mean that it is.’- Emily Winter

‘It sounds strange, but aiming for rejection can lead to success.’- Emily Winter

You don’t have to take every opportunity; it’s okay to reject the ones that don’t feel right.’- Sam Jay

Rejection might be more about the rejecters than about you. And you might just have the last laugh.’- Roz Chast

If you always protect yourself from rejection, you may not build the emotional stamina you will need to deal with rejection when it happens.’- Kate Manne

Getting rejected can lead you to take initiative in ways you wouldn’t have imagined.’- Tara Schuster

Pay attention to the work that brings you satisfaction- and the work that doesn’t.’- Ana Homayoun

‘In a moment of transition, take time to think about everything you’ve done workwise, even some of the work that never felt like part of a ‘career.’- Ana Homayoun

A mindset of ‘I’ve got nothing to lose! can be useful if it helps you to imagine new opportunities and be brave.’- Jessica Bennett

Sometimes it’s okay to reject an opportunity, even if everyone around you tells you that you’re crazy to turn it down.’- Unmi Abkin

You may fail once in a while, but that does not mean you ara a failure. Learn from your mistakes and then get right back on your path.’- Unmi Abkin

Behind the rejections are real people, and it’s a good idea to acknowledge their humanity.’- Pamela Shifman

Source:

Jessica Bacal (2021). The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning it Around, and Burning it up at Work.