Power of Rejection
Few years ago I had participated in a Toronto Raptors 50/50
draw event . The goal was to sell 2
tickets for $5 or 3 tickets for $10 to
fans coming to the game. We would be treated watching the 2nd part
of the game from the press box have pizza and pop!
I was excited about
attending the game and was looking forward to do earning it by selling
the tickets. I learned few important lessons in selling the tickets.
When I arrived I was given a shirt , apron and batches of
tickets and explained the process on how to sell the tickets and who to report to
when I came back with the money. The
next part I advised I would go out on my own. (That wasn’t
too exciting)
As I went to my designated spot I had to come up with a plan
to sell these tickets on my own. I knew
what to say it was the rejection I was concerned about!
The people started coming
and I started saying. “Participate
in the 50/50 draw 2 tickets for $5 and 5 tickets for $10 half of money goes to charity”. I kept repeating it over and over again and
nothing happening. People just get passing
by me as if I wasn’t there. I had
started to do some public speaking and one of the suggestions from my entrepreneurs friends was to relax and
take deep breathes and release the pressure, so that’s what I did
stepped aside and went to the
side and just took some deep breathes and relaxed.
I re-entered the crowd and kept repeating the phrase over
and over again. I began to sell some tickets and started to get some confidence
and money in my apron. There were still people looking at me and going by, some
were ignoring me and others were simply disinterested.
There was young couple
who approached me holding hands and initially
the guy turned me down but his girlfriend bumped him and told him to buy few
tickets. I said “Thank you and good
luck!”
Within the next hour I had sold all my books and was full of
cash, I literally ran back with all my
cash excited and joy filled. When I got back to give them the cash she said “
You sold them all, very good nobody is back yet, you want to back for more?” I
thought more rejection sure why not!
“Rapid rejection works “ Tom Kaufmann
I headed back with more tickets and hand sold some more I
even helped out another set of volunteers with encouragement and education.
They tried to give their tickets to sell. “Nice try I said”
The tides turned very fast and all because I was persistent
and determined to succeed and earn to watch the game and eat my pizza.
Patience is a virtue in any situation even in taking all
that rejection it eventually turned over and worked for me and it was very
exciting when it did.
As half time ended we went back and handed in all our money
and remaining tickets and went on the long guided walk to the press box at the
Air Canada Centre. The pizza and soft drinks awaited us as we sat down to watch
the last 2 quarters of the game.
Had great time in meeting new people , sharing stories of
our experience and networking.
At the end the game the Toronto Raptor’s scored more than
100 points and we won another slice of pizza!
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