Good morning,

Last week I attended Podcast Movement, the world's largest conference for podcast creators. There were over 3000 podcasters there from all over the world.

For the first time at this event I had a booth in the expo area where I was offering coaching services to help podcasters eliminate self-sabotaging behavior (which I call podcrastination).

It was a great opportunity to share tapping with a group of people new to it through the lens of a problem they are trying to solve.

At the event I was asking people to hire me to work with them. Now that I am home, I am following up with all of the contacts and connections I made at the event.

This means over and over again I am asking people to hire me to help them out.

It also means I am giving people the chance to say "no" to me over and over again.

Any time we ask someone to say yes, it can be scary.

This is true whether we are asking someone to buy from us, someone out on a date, or asking someone to hang out with us socially.

And it can be scary because when someone turns us down, it feels like they are rejecting us. It feels like they are saying we aren't good enough. It feels like they are saying we aren't worth their time or attention or money.

I don't know about you, but I don't like being rejected.

The reality is that when someone says no, they are not making a value judgement about us, but instead making a statement about their current preference. It really isn't about us, but about them.

This week I have for you a tap-along audio and a printable tapping script to help you to ask more and to do it in a way that feels emotionally safe.

Tap along here: http://tappingqanda.com/380

In my life, the more often I ask people to do things with and for me, the better my life becomes. Even when people say no a lot, the number of times people say yes makes it all worthwhile.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

Blessings,

Gene