13282: Do Not Fear Rejection. Instead, Fear Regret.

Raw transcript:

The author Michelle Rozen (NOT ROZER) said something
on the YouTube the other day that I saw
that I heard that I thought was really
interesting. She said, “Do not fear
rejection,
rather do fear regret.”
And that sent me off for a deep dive on
trying new things. So, let’s talk about
that, you creative person, in this
episode of the VO Heroes podcast.
Everything we do when we start to create
something new in our lives, a new piece
of audio, a new piece of video, uh a new
piece of writing,
it’s almost as if we’re daring the
universe to reject us, right? I didn’t
like that. That was a piece of crap. No,
he doesn’t know how to write. She
doesn’t know how to talk. She’s thinks,
here’s the thing. That can debilitate
you. That can stop you dead in your
tracks. Do I want that kind of
rejection? Do I want to hear people say
no? Well, here’s the thing.
If you stop yourself and remove the
risk, that’s safer, but it also could
lead
to not getting something in the future.
you know, uh, so many times I’ve seen
people try something, fail at it, and
then succeed at it later because of what
they learned when they failed. This is a
common theme that we talk about here on
the show. But I wouldn’t let a a no ruin
a future yes or even a potential no. I’m
not going to watch that. No, I’m not
going to listen to that. No, I’m not
going to read that.
You never know what things are going to
lead to other things, whether they’re
positive or negative.
And what I would say to you is let that
possibility,
let that possibility
be a flame
that potentially can fuel a future
success, even if this one doesn’t work.
You know, and I’m not telling those of
you who are used to this sort of thing
when you’re looking at that lump of
clay, what am I going to do with this?
How am I going to approach this audition
for an on camera gig? How am I going to
go after that commercial or that audio
book or how am I going to write that
article or that that novel that I’m I’m
looking to do? Ah, do I really want to
put myself through that? I would urge
you to lean toward yes even if it turns
out
didn’t quite work out because the
lessons we take away from that could be
useful in the future. Just give yourself
a chance. Give yourself a chance.
Do not fear rejection.
Fear the regret of not having tried.
Thank you, Michelle. I appreciate that.
Tell me what your thoughts are on this.
I’d love to know. Uh if you’re on
vioheres.com and you’re watching this
episode, jump down to the comments. Tell
me what you think about what you’re
hearing. Is it tough for you to overcome
that initial fear of trying something
new or does it matter to you whether you
succeed or not? Tell me. Tell me your
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extra to get over the the hump of trying
something new even if it’s not going to
succeed. And guess what? It might
anyway.
Yeah. Just forward them the link to this
uh this podcast episode. I’m David H.
Lawrence the 17th. I thank you so much
for watching and for listening and I
will see you in the next episode of the
Video Heroes podcast.

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