Getting from the Bar to the Boardroom

11 You’re Going to Get Shot Down, Deal with It

DOI: 10.4324/9781003218258-11

Regardless of your current relationship status, there has been a time at some point in your bar life when you have attempted to speak to an attractive person at the bar and have been shot down. I can say from personal experience, sometimes it is in spectacular fashion and to the amusement of your friends. You had two choices: either take it like an adult or lash out at the individual who blew you off and make yourself look like a fool. While it seems quite evident what the correct choice is, it should be no surprise that people take the incorrect path quite often in this scenario. When I first started selling, I really had a difficult time getting shot down or, based ...