However, think of anyone, ANYONE you consider a great success that pushed the limits and I will show you a 1000 rejections, 1000 no's, 1000 discouragements.

Think of the writers, the inventors, the artists, the business men, people seeking social change and even the spiritual teachers who shaped our culture and belief systems.

I'm 30 years old and I'm just now realizing that rejection/failure has been one of my worst fears. In my oppinion, success is built on overcoming rejection and you only truly fail if you quit. Its like Shane said its not so much overcoming rejection as it is Solving Problems or presenting to people who "have a need." When you introduce new ideas you can often be met with discouragement its just human nature for people to fear change, even if its good change.

Thomas Edison is quoted as saying, "Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.."

As a writer (unpublished) I've suffered many rejections. Rejections slips used to be like a knife in my heart until I found out the following:

C.S. Lewis received over 800 rejections before he sold a single piece or writing.

Louis L’Amour was rejected over 200 times before he sold any of his writing.

Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind was rejected by 25 publishers.

By the time he was fourteen, Stephen King had collected so many rejection slips that he posted them with a spike on the wall above his desk.

And there are thousands of others.

Its a matter of focusing on the opportunity then rejection, discouragement and set backs are just a blur on the side of the road to your success.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
–Bell

Happy Celling!
JBNET

NO's will "kill" a person. It's like being shot, but shot in a much different way.

There are way's that are rejection free, in a sense.

Marc

I hear people say that they lose count of the number of people that told them no. Their goal is to go out and get 100 rejections and in the process, they will find some yeses.

That is almost as big a myth as the need to become a different person once you join MLM. In my 2 years with Passport, I can count the number of no's I've had on one hand and I have had over one hundred people ask me to sponsor them.

The reason?

I only present my products or business to people that:

1. Have a real need
2. Understand that they have a need
3. Are seeking a solution

…and then I only present Passport products or business if I feel that Passport is truly a viable solution or match for the person.

Forget about being a Network Marketer, be a solutions provider in every way you can think of and your Network Business will naturally grow out of that.

One of my first questions to the introvert would be…

What are your strengths?

Everyone has strengths. If the strengths are applied to selling products and sponsoring people, a profit will be turned.

Contact with people takes place in every business in the world (Network Marketing and other). If an introvert wants to be in business, he or she will need to accept and eventually embrace that.

BUT how would an introvert do MLM then?