From the course: Igniting Emotional Engagement for Influence and Buy-In
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Recognize a lost cause
From the course: Igniting Emotional Engagement for Influence and Buy-In
Recognize a lost cause
- LinkedIn is filled with stories of resilience. Arianna Huffington was rejected by 36 publishers before one of her books got published. The founder of Uber was turned down by Mark Cuban when he asked for an initial investment. And those leaders prevailed. They pushed through rejection, through doubt, through setbacks, and they never gave up. But should those anecdotes serve as grounds for you to send a 10th follow up email or try yet again to organize the internal server? Probably not, the messiness behind those examples and a lot of other LinkedIn-hyped post is that Arianna Huffington and the founder of Uber gave up tons of times, just not on the ideas that they're now famous for. Arianna Huffington ran for public office and got 1% of the popular vote. She never ran again. Travis Kalanick, an original founder of Uber, had a previous startup called Red Swoosh, and that one landed him in hot water with the IRS. Leaders, both formal and informal, give up all the time. It's impossible…
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