Create Your Yes!: When You Keep Hearing NO: A 12-Step Strategy for Success

By Angela Marie Hutchinson

Are you tired of hearing "No"? Then create your "Yes!"

When you are faced with rejection, do you cringe or thrive? While it may seem that we are out of options when we try something and fail, there is almost a way to make your dreams a reality — in the face of ANY adversary!

Angela Marie Hutchinson has a fairly simple motto: dreams don't happen, dreams are made. Rather than admit defeat, Angela herself made her dreams of making a movie a reality by pushing forward despite each "no", "pass", and negative thought that came her way! Using her 12—step approach, those dreams you keep hearing "no" on — those plans that never seem to come to fruition — can finally be realized.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Release date: Jul 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728209296

Angela Marie Hutchinson

Angela Marie Hutchinson is an entrepreneur, movie producer, casting director and former talent agent. Her consulting clients refer to her as The Dream Builder.

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Contents

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

1. Redirect the Rejection | Navigating Nos

2. Visualize Like a Pilot | Periphery Success

3. Focus on Inchstones | Achieving Milestones

4. Categorize the No | Breaking Barriers

5. Identify Advocates | Collaborative Pursuits

6. Erase What You Know | Beyond the Status Quo

7. Generate Sustainability | Brand vs. Identity

8. Get Off the Hamster Wheel | Mediocre Living

9. Bulletproof Your Mind | Got ICE?

10. Open the Door | The Art of Waiting

11. Pay the Yes Forward | Creative Altruism

12. Dive In! | Beyond the Bucket List

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Back Cover

Introduction

When you are faced with rejection, do you cringe or thrive? The power of no is undeniable. While it’s advantageous to embrace positive thinking and words of affirmation, understanding rejection is what allows you to redirect it.

In fact, it is often said that if you keep hearing no over and over again, your yes will eventually arrive. The idealistic concept of ninety-­nine nos leading to a yes sounds hopeful. However, when I pursued having my screenplay, Hollywood Chaos, produced into a feature film, I sent hundreds of emails, attended dozens of networking events, and scheduled numerous meetings with power players—­earning my ninety-­nine nos in spades. Years and many more nos later, I still had no movie deal…until I produced it. Then, it aired on Hulu.

Sometimes your yes will never come—­until you create it. In this book, I elaborate on the principles shared in my TEDx Talk, Create Your Own Yes, When You Keep Hearing No. Creating your yes is a proven strategy to break through professional and personal barriers. Whether you are thriving or barely surviving, the twelve methods of creating opportunity that I reveal in this book will help you to achieve frequent wins and maintain your success.

Seize the journey!

1

Redirect the Rejection | Navigating Nos

Pursue a dream, goal, passion, or any opportunity, and you will undoubtedly hear no in one form or another. The visceral experience of rejection can hinder your ability to thrive both professionally and personally. I have coached dozens of professionals who became paralyzed from repeatedly hearing no. Regardless of their experience and skills, their careers remained stagnant. No matter how hard they worked, how many people they networked with, nothing seemed to propel them to the next level. Perhaps you can relate to this rejection.

There are times when your life