*THREAD* Playing to WIN vs Playing to NOT lose

You risk being offensive
When you play life on offense
Defensive living is playing to NOT lose

You won& #39;t make a move
You aren& #39;t trying to score

All your effort goes into NOT getting scored on

Avoiding rejections & failures
Defensive players must realize

- Implied No& #39;s
- Soft No& #39;s
- Hard No& #39;s

All yield the same result
..which is no result
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Kleine blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Kleine blaue Raute"> Implied No& #39;s (Rejecting Ourselves)

- If you assume they won& #39;t buy
You don& #39;t ask for the sale

- If you assume she doesn& #39;t like you
You don& #39;t ask her out

The result is no result

But it is YOU who rejected yourself

Playing to NOT lose instead of ASKING & playing to win
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Kleine blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Kleine blaue Raute"> Soft No& #39;s

- You ask for the sale
You get a & #39;maybe& #39; or no reply

- You ask her on a date
You get a & #39;maybe& #39; or no reply

In these situations we so often ASSUME it& #39;s over & don& #39;t follow up
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔑" title="Schlüssel" aria-label="Emoji: Schlüssel"> Attraction, Sales, Conversions

Is more so a volume knob
(cold, warm, warmer, cold, warm) it fluctuates

Not a light switch (like/don& #39;t like)

^ unless you& #39;re barking up the wrong tree & not socially calibrated

Ex - trying to sell a car to someone who needs a toaster
The amount of times people have had to message me 6+ times

To get me to sign up for something, close me on something, get me to do something, is fairly often

I don& #39;t find them annoying

I genuinely am just a busy person and sometimes need a & #39;push& #39; & follow ups
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔑" title="Schlüssel" aria-label="Emoji: Schlüssel"> Successful & Confident people

NEVER VIEW THEMSELVES AS BEING ANNOYING

- If you bring a lot to the table
- You have good intentions
- You have a good offer, plan, idea

Following up is confidence not neediness

Persistence cracks resistance
...finally the thing defensive players FEAR MOST

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔹" title="Kleine blaue Raute" aria-label="Emoji: Kleine blaue Raute"> Hard No& #39;s

- You ask for the sale or date or whatever it is

They either:
Flat out say no (respectfully or disrespectfully)

OR
Many make an excuse

"can& #39;t afford it"
"i got this thing coming up"
etc
The amount of romances lost
Sales lost
Opportunities in life MISSED

Because people rejected themselves with assumptions from Implies No& #39;s & Soft No& #39;s

IS A LOT
and it doesn& #39;t need to be

Go for the hard no
"You risk being offensive when you play life on offense"
This is not to be misinterpreted as

Become a pushy person

It& #39;s a important reminder to NOT reject yourself

GETTING HARD NO& #39;S IS OK

"Feedback determines strategy not self worth"

Learn & tweak your strategy

Improving your offer & your ability to raise & #39;buying temperature& #39;
Play to WIN not to NOT lose

It& #39;s ok to get hard no& #39;s, it& #39;s a whole lot better than rejecting yourself

Because then you know...

You are playing on offense not defense

Thank you for reading

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥂" title="Anstoßende Gläser" aria-label="Emoji: Anstoßende Gläser"> Cheers,
- Yous
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📝" title="Memo" aria-label="Emoji: Memo"> BONUS NOTE

NEVER CONVINCE

After "no", you don& #39;t convince or change minds

Following up & persistence is to either get the sale or get a definite NO

It is NOT to convince people to change their minds

You create invites, but you don& #39;t make people walk through the door
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