3 Simple techniques to deal with a bad day

1. What do you do if you had a really bad day? Or when someone says no to you? If they
said, “Look, we really like you, but we don’t like your product-don’t come around here
again,” you would probably spend the rest of the day feeling defeated. Sales people
have to learn to deal with rejection all the time and what you say to yourself, with your
inner “self-talk” in the first minute is very critical. It’s the reason why people seem to
keep repeating unsuccessful results, have a poor sense of self-worth and never ever
seem fulfilled in whatever they do. Mastering that “little voice” in your head is absolutely
essential.
Don’t attribute the problem to yourself
It’s hard not to take rejection personally and our natural tendency is to say to ourselves,
“There’s something wrong with me,” or “I’m not cut out for this,” or “I knew this wasn’t
going to work.” If you start hearing these thoughts in your head, say, “STOP!” enough
times that you stop seeing it that way. Even if it IS true, you need to start managing your
inner voice and the way to start doing that is to attribute the problem to other sources
FIRST instead of yourself.
Something that can help to rephrase your “self-talk” is to say, “Obviously, I was not
aware of the other circumstances or other products that they were looking at so, while
I’m responsible, it’s not all because of me.”
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2. So while you aren’t shirking responsibility, you’re not putting it solely on yourself either.
Don’t let the past determine your future
When we face a bad situation at work or at a sales meeting, we tend to say to
ourselves, “The rest of my day is ruined,” or “My whole week is going to end up like
this.” You have to turn it around and isolate the incident. Don’t allow it to become
protracted beyond that moment. Say to yourself, “This is over and done with,” or “This
was an isolated incident,” or “This is a new day.”
Don’t allow the problem to be global
IN other words, don’t say things to yourself like, “The same thing’s happening to me at
home,” or “Why does this always happen to me?” We tend to get that “poor me” feeling,
wondering why these things always happen to us – but the truth is, they don’t. Think
about it. Look at your track record. The truth is, the number of times bad things happen
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3. to you is a very small fraction of the total number of incidences in your life. If it was
happening to you all the time, it would be happening 5 to 10 times a day!
So the next time you start feeling like the world is against you, remember, tell your inner
voice to “STOP!” and turn it around by isolating the incident. Say something like,
“Obviously, I had a tough time with this call, but I still have great relationships. This
doesn’t happen all the time.”
When you are first practicing these techniques, say them out loud. They will have more
impact. Some people may think you’re crazy, but that’s okay. If you watch high
performance athletes close enough, you’ll see their lips moving. They’re talking to
themselves before they start the race that volley, that jump. Once you’ve developed the
skills, the rest is in your head! It may be easier said than done, but with enough
practice, you will learn to not only manage but master that inner voice of yours.
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