Lydia Fenette

I'd been seated next to her at a lunch in New York and had given her my information and we'd had a great conversation.

So I was like, I'm sure she'll do it if I ask.

And I sat there, I mean, I can't even tell you, I probably sat there for 10 minutes just looking at the button waiting to hit send.

And her email came back pretty quickly with a, unfortunately, I can't do this contractually, it doesn't work for me.

But I had a list of 59 other people behind her.

And the amazing thing was after that first no,

none of them really stung.

Does that make sense?

After you've taken that leap and the no has been said or the thing you fear the most has happened, it's actually a lot easier on the other side.

So what I would say to anybody who is scared to take that leap or is fearful or feels like someone's going to think that they're silly or whatever,

Who cares?

At the end of the day, if you're living the life you want and the life that you want to create for yourself, it's going to happen.

It's going to be part of it.

It happens to all of us.

But be confident that that does not define you.

That's just part of your journey.

So embrace it.

And remember, nine no's, one yes.

And then if two people say yes out of 10, you're incredibly excited.

Absolutely.