Fishing For Success

A boy goes fishing at a nearby creek and comes home empty handed. He tells his dad there were no fish in that creek. 

The next day he walks an hour (think olden times when an unattended child was actually a thing okay?) to a different creek and comes home empty handed again. No fish in that creek he tells his dad. 

The next day he goes to a creek 3 hours away. Again no fish in that creek. 

Confused his dad decides to go see for himself and he sees plentiful fish all around in all 3 creeks. When he gets home he tells his son what he saw and his son says 'but dad I put my hook in the water once and it came up empty so if there are fish then surely there's something wrong with my fishing pole'. 

See the real difference between a struggling coach and a successful one is the successful one drops that hook more than once or twice. In truth, they learn to hear no over and over again. If you can seek out the 'no' answers, yesses will actually start coming in. 

To succeed you have to be willing to hear more nos than anyone else. 

Who cares that a couple of days ago you sent invitations that weren't answered? Who cares that no one replied to that offer you posted the other day? Who cares that yesterday that client you really really wanted told you they don't have the money right now to coach with you? Have you sent more since then? Have you said 'next' and moved onto the next invitation or proposal? 

Or did you drop your hook once and then decided that there's something wrong with your hook or your bait or the creek or YOU?