We just watched a great video clip from the late, wonderful teacher, Wayne Dyer.
He was telling a story about his best-selling book, "The Erroneous Zones" that he wrote back in 1970's.
The book had done extremely well, being on the best seller for months. Every week it would be in the lead, sometimes hitting #1 and then fall a spot or two but go
right back up. Back in those days, you could call a special number to find out where you'd appear on the best seller list for the following week.
At that time, Wayne was traveling all over the place doing t.v. shows and making appearances and so he had his wife make the call to the New York Times with the special number to find out about the best seller list for
him.
One week he was in California and called home to find out where he was going to appear on the best seller list for the following week.
So he gets his wife on the phone and asks, "Where am I on the best seller list next week?" His wife says, "You're not on the best seller
list."
Wayne was shocked!
"What? What are you talking about? I was number one on the best-seller list last week!"
She said, "You're not on the best seller list. I'm sorry." She paused. "Your book is on the best seller
list."
How easy it is to merge our work - what we do - with who we are as people. But, as we always say when it comes to rejection, we must separate who we are as individuals from the product or service we sell, or for that matter what we write, sing, design or create.
When we don't maintain that healthy separation, and the rejections happen, it's devastating and personal because we've made it all about us. Did we mention Go for No! is #2 on the Amazon.com Sales List? Ha, ha.
