How do you find joy in a business where you’re told “no” 100 times a day?

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There can be 100 people in the room, and 99 don’t believe you...

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This is not special to advertising this is called life

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My first step was to stop considering my sex life a business.

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I get my joy from having the ideas. I accept they won’t all live and if they do they probably won’t live as I conceived them. I think of my job as trying to solve problems not selling those solutions all the time.

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Someone I know said that he simply collects “no”s, with the thinking that if he can gather 99 of them, he’ll be rewarded with a “yes”. With each “no”, he felt one step closer. That seemed like a brilliantly optimistic way to approach a world full of rejection.

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I find it in that 101th time I ask and I'm told yes.

Then I hold on to it tighter than the Scranton Strangler for the next 100 no's.

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You Marie Kondo the hell out of it.

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Listen and learn. It’s much more joyful to bring an idea to life that’s not entirely your own.

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Love the process

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No I hate it but these are the skills I've developed so I guess I'm fucked because I'll be damned if I'm going to make any less money. (Selling out intensifies)

Double negatives 😎

That’s just the world buddy

For the record, I’m not asking for advice. I’m just curious what other people do to keep themselves sane.

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