Wednesday, December 15, 2004
2nd day of rejection!
As crazy as it might sound.... i went back to the same old place today to receive my daily dose of rejection.... haha.... Decided to just ask 100 people and be done with it.... whehter or not they buy, who cares..... and lo and behold, i sold none again... haha.... perfectly expected....
I've got new found respect for outdoor sales people.....
And i'll never brush them off again.... if i don't want to buy i'll at least smile and say something nice.... or at least spare a look at what they are selling...
Why am i doing this you might ask... Erm.... for a few reasons:
1. I'm afraid / have some sort of thing holding me back, from approaching ppl, like during flag day, or selling stuff, or something... as they say, its all in the mind....
2. I've got nothing to do at home.... might as well use this time to overcome my fears and stuff...
3. Erm... yet to think of it.....
Anyway, during the first hour or so, i wasn't like approaching much ppl.... feeling damn idiotic or something, doin such a thing again, when I KNOW they WILL NOT BUY from me.... when I met a gal by the name of Samantha... She was waiting for her friends when she saw my absolutely stunning lack of results and effort.... So she called me over, and gave me some advice, relating to me her past outdoor sales experience.... very interesting person.... anyway, after she left, i managed to get myself to start approaching many more ppl.... haha... So unlike me.... she's a great motivator.... So, with my greatly increased rate of asking ppl, I finished by 4pm, my 100th rejection, and then proceeded on to Kinokoniya to look at drawing books....
I realised that as much as i like to draw, and draw relatively ok by my standards, those books are so damn indepth and technical..... crap.... don't understand, or can't just read and absorb what they say..... But nonetheless, its quite interesting....
Anyway, an excerpt from a poem i wrote... with regards to doing crazy things..... I wrote it in another context, but I think it kinda fits my situation now....
Yet none are willing,
To walk this path.
All still fearing,
To incur their wrath.
But care, should I,
What others may say?
Headstrong, I walk,
Not led astray.
By hushed whispers,
And subtle chides,
Just to conform,
And save their hides.
- Emptiness - 12/15/2004 08:07:00 pm
