Taking The Hits = The Best Motivator

While we're on the subject of the publishing world, this is worth a watch. Barbara Corcoran talks about how her best sales people were never the ones with the best contacts, but the ones who could take a big hit and get back up. Insecurity, she says, is the greatest motivator. When someone has something to prove, no one can get in their way.

Rejection is 90% of life in publishing and media. Take it too personally, and you'll be back in the bread line.