“If there is one lesson I’ve learned from failure and success, it’s this. I am not the outcome. I am never the result. I am only the effort.” -Kamal Ravikant

Sometimes the case is declined in underwriting.

Sometimes circumstances prevent you from moving forward with the potential client, like when a guy I met got called up to the NHL and had a decade long career in a city a thousand miles away (twenty-five years ago, so limited communication tech).

Sometimes there are external influences like parents or the best friend is also in the profession or corporate restrictions.

Sometimes you just have a bad day, or the other person is just not clicking with you.

YOU are not a failure if you are consistently giving your best.

Good effort and good attitude doesn’t always win, but if you compete honorably and do you your best you win no matter the outcome.