Andrea Waltz, co-author of the bestseller Go for No!, dives into the power of rejection as a stepping stone to success. She emphasizes that embracing failure is essential for personal growth and encourages listeners to actively seek out challenges. Each 'no' reveals incredible value, and pursuing big rejections leads to substantial achievements. Andrea shares a transformative 21-day challenge that helps develop resilience and the courage to ask boldly, proving that big wins come from daring to go for no.
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Failure Is Prerequisite to Success
Failure is a prerequisite to success and must be embraced intentionally.
Truly successful people often fail and hear no many times before succeeding.
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Reframe No as Valuable Feedback
Change your mindset to see No as a valuable learning step.
Analyze and learn from each No instead of assuming failure or rejection is final.
question_answer ANECDOTE
From Publisher No to Million Copies
Andrea Waltz and co-author faced rejection from publishers and went on to self-publish successfully.
Their book "Go for No" sold over 1 million copies despite initial industry No's.
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Go for No
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Joe Crisara
Andrea Waltz is the co-author of the best-seller, Go for No! A speaker and rejection expert, she inspires audiences to embrace failure, reprogram their mindset, and achieve extraordinary success through courageous asking.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Failure can lead to If you want to succeed faster, you should be willing and wanting to fail faster. Failure is a pre-requisite to success.
2. Each and every No has a tremendous value that you need to see.
3. Big wins come from going after big things. Easy yesses lead to little successes. If you want to get a big win, instead of going after easy yesses, go after a big No.
Check out Andrea’s website and take a free NQ Quiz to know your No Quotient which measures how willing you are to embrace rejection - Go for No Website
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