Rejection: The Polite Way to Say No Thank You

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Are you the type that loves rejections? That doesn’t mind when someone says they are going to meet you and they don’t? That doesn’t mind when someone says they will be home when they said they would but aren’t when you go to call them?

Why is it that when you say to someone I’ll plan to call you at a specific time, they are not there to answer…and all you get is the familiar voicemail? Why is it that when you’ve made arrangements with your baby-sitter to attend a meeting with someone that they don’t attend, even though you specifically told them to give you a call if they cannot come? Why is it that after they seemed so excited with what you just shared with them and you go to follow up with them all you get is their voicemail and no call back…ever?

Who knows and who cares! But, we have learned this is all very common…and all it really means is no thank you. Since we have all been conditioned to dislike rejections, we don’t know how to politely and directly say no thank you. It is the same reason when you are invited over to a nice dinner to someone’s house and they ask you what you think of their horrible meal, and you respond with, “It’s interesting.” This is just another polite way of saying, “I didn’t like it.” But by being polite we are just misleading our friends and others. Wouldn’t be great if we just simply told the truth?

Rejection is something we’ve all experienced. We can probably all agree that the pain of rejection drives us to avoid it at all costs. So why do people avoid you? They are thinking I can’t do this…this is not for me, rather than how can I be of service to you or others? You on the other hand, may be thinking I can’t believe they just did this to me, or what was it that I said?  None of it has anything to do with you or them. But wouldn’t it be great if we could just simply say no thank you!

Reality is that most of us have been emotionally scarred and have fragile egos. We avoid conflict and don’t want to see others hurt. So we avoid…How we perpetuate this is if we also participate in this avoidance behavior by not following through. Instead, become detached from the response, and know it has more to do with them than you.

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