Victor paced the conference room. Manda looked at him.
“He didn’t like your proposal, I know, but...”
“He never likes anyone’s proposal, he is negative to everything, why should I spend energy on updating a proposal he will not like anyway?”
Manda stood up and got in Victor’s way, forcing him to stop pacing.
“You are not going to update it until he likes it. You are going to update it until you like it. Use the parts of his criticism that make sense and create an even better proposal.“
Victor looked at her, his chest moving as if he had run up the stairs rather than just sitting in the conference room. He wanted to say that there was nothing useful in the old man’s complaints, but deep inside he knew there was always something worth looking into. The guy was annoying but not stupid.
“It’s just that... I don’t know why I let him get to me.”
Manda shrugged.
“Because you want him to like your proposals. Even though he never does. Stop aiming for praise you'll never get. Turn it into a game. How many of his Nos do you need to make your proposal really great?”
He looked at her, suddenly smiling.
“You’re right. I will be like Rocky.”
“Rocky? Your cat?”
“No, Rocky Balboa.” Victor relaxed his face and imitated Sylvester Stallone:
“He didn’t like your proposal, I know, but...”
“He never likes anyone’s proposal, he is negative to everything, why should I spend energy on updating a proposal he will not like anyway?”
Manda stood up and got in Victor’s way, forcing him to stop pacing.
“You are not going to update it until he likes it. You are going to update it until you like it. Use the parts of his criticism that make sense and create an even better proposal.“
Victor looked at her, his chest moving as if he had run up the stairs rather than just sitting in the conference room. He wanted to say that there was nothing useful in the old man’s complaints, but deep inside he knew there was always something worth looking into. The guy was annoying but not stupid.
“It’s just that... I don’t know why I let him get to me.”
Manda shrugged.
“Because you want him to like your proposals. Even though he never does. Stop aiming for praise you'll never get. Turn it into a game. How many of his Nos do you need to make your proposal really great?”
He looked at her, suddenly smiling.
“You’re right. I will be like Rocky.”
“Rocky? Your cat?”
“No, Rocky Balboa.” Victor relaxed his face and imitated Sylvester Stallone:
“It ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”
Rocky Balboa. Flickr
Some people will love everything you do.
Some people will dislike everything you do.
Regardless of what you do.
Make sure you use whatever opinions people have, as ways to improve. Then both Yes and No will help you, and you will be unstoppable.
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