
In my newly developed program, 7 Steps to Personal Empowerment, steps 1 and 2, which mainly prepare you to go out there: in step one you’re learning about yourself and what you want in your life and relationship and step 2 is about developing a belief that you CAN have what you want. Steps 3 through 6 are about going out there after your dream. The way that these steps really work is that, interestingly enough, you don’t get to step 7 until you’re actually ready. If you aren’t ready after step 6, you fall back to step 3 and start the cycle all over again.
Step 3 is going out there asking for what you want, step 4 is setting boundaries and saying no to what you don’t want, step 5 is about dealing with rejection and step 6 is about consistency and continuing on your journey in spite of fears and doubts that creep up on you in the process. One other thing I discovered about these steps is that you never stay still stuck on any particular step. You ether move forward or you fall back. If you don’t deal with the pain of rejection in the moment, you will lose the desire to go back out there as you will start fearing it even more. When rejection becomes too painful for you to handle, it will be even harder for you to say “no” to others as you will not wish this “pain” upon anyone.