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Nikhil Gadodia
Approach the next interview with a very positive attitude and self belief. You’re going to the interview because of your interest in the position and to find out more about it. You want to know if the opportunity will be good for you and yet, so many candidates go into interviews fearful of rejection. Only self doubters fear success.
The biggest failing any sales person has is the fear of failure. They are so afraid of failure that they don’t try to succeed. In fact they do nothing. That way, when they do fail they don’t feel that they have really failed as a sales person because they never really tried. Their failure is not a reflection of their ability but only their attitude. Their own opinion of themselves as a good sales person is untouched. They dodged failure in order to protect their fragile sense of worth.
The job hunting equivalent of this is fear of rejection. Everyone wants to win the job and never wants to be rejected but the fear of rejection can take over all other feelings and result in helping create the rejection in the same way as the sales person creates their own failure.
They fear it so much that they don’t really try in the interview and when they get rejected they can be safe in the knowledge that they only got rejected because they never really tried to get the job. It was their attitude rather than their ability that caused the rejection and again their self worth is protected.
If you get rejected, you either performed badly in the interview or you were not the right fit for the position. Get over it and fix it for next time.
When the golfer slices his shot, he turns around and looks for the cause of his failure in himself so he does not repeat the error next time.
To rid yourself of this fear, you have to accept that rejection can happen. The longer you fear rejection, the more likely it will happen. Accept rejection for what it is and you will be liberated from it. Learn the art of rejection. Once you accept that it can happen, you are then free to give the interview your absolute best shot without any fear. You will perform better and increase your chances of success.
Good luck.
© Anthony Haley 2006.
The biggest failing any sales person has is the fear of failure. They are so afraid of failure that they don’t try to succeed. In fact they do nothing. That way, when they do fail they don’t feel that they have really failed as a sales person because they never really tried. Their failure is not a reflection of their ability but only their attitude. Their own opinion of themselves as a good sales person is untouched. They dodged failure in order to protect their fragile sense of worth.
The job hunting equivalent of this is fear of rejection. Everyone wants to win the job and never wants to be rejected but the fear of rejection can take over all other feelings and result in helping create the rejection in the same way as the sales person creates their own failure.
They fear it so much that they don’t really try in the interview and when they get rejected they can be safe in the knowledge that they only got rejected because they never really tried to get the job. It was their attitude rather than their ability that caused the rejection and again their self worth is protected.
If you get rejected, you either performed badly in the interview or you were not the right fit for the position. Get over it and fix it for next time.
When the golfer slices his shot, he turns around and looks for the cause of his failure in himself so he does not repeat the error next time.
To rid yourself of this fear, you have to accept that rejection can happen. The longer you fear rejection, the more likely it will happen. Accept rejection for what it is and you will be liberated from it. Learn the art of rejection. Once you accept that it can happen, you are then free to give the interview your absolute best shot without any fear. You will perform better and increase your chances of success.
Good luck.
© Anthony Haley 2006.