{"id":1811,"date":"2020-06-20T02:12:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T00:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2025-03-18T11:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:54:11","slug":"how-not-to-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/de\/how-not-to-give-up","title":{"rendered":"How to not give up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Text and Photography by Nadine Wilmanns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How not to give up<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A lot has been said and written about not giving up. That shows just how important it is. The other day, I`ve watched a video about the photographer Joel Grimes and what he said was: The big majority of all photography graduates don`t actually work as photographers, because they have given up too early. Talent is nice, but what really makes a person successful, is refusing to give up despite setbacks. Success means coming back over and over again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Keep the faith up<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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My mum is a songwriter and has just published her first CD after years and years of trying to find the right people for the project. She`s heard a lot of \u201cNo\u201ds on the way. And I would imagine that it hurt because the more personal the project is and the more passion you put into it, the more it hurts when it`s being rejected. However, she didn`t allow these \u201cNo\u201ds to steal her joy and faith in what she was doing. Instead, she kept on trying and just did not give up \u2013 and eventually, it finally happened – the album is out:\u00a0www.dorothewilmanns.de<\/a>. “When disappointed, get reappointed”, says the famous preacher Joyce Meyer. The challenge is to keep the faith up, that something good will come up eventually.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Challenge: The more rejections, the more we have tried.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I tended to be a quitter because I get discouraged easily if I`m not careful. Plus, I often take rejection personal. But I do want to challenge myself to get right back on track over and over again. I just remembered a true story that my former coach Hans Schumann has told me: A teacher (I think it was a sales teacher) gave his students the task to get as many rejections as possible in one week \u2013 the one with the most rejections would win.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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His point was: Setbacks and rejections are normal and hearing many \u201cNo\u201ds just means that we have tried a lot. Seeing it as a challenge, almost kind of a sport, might help us to get right back out and ask again. By getting used to this habit, we might not even dread the \u201cNo\u201ds so much anymore. Instead, we might pat ourselves on the shoulder and say: \u201cWell done, tried again \u2013 off to the next one.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wie man nicht aufgibt<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Man h\u00f6rt so viel dar\u00fcber: \u201eGib nicht auf!\u201c. Das zeigt, wie wichtig es ist. Neulich habe ich mir ein Video \u00fcber den Fotografen Joel Grimes angeschaut und er sagte, dass die gro\u00dfe Mehrheit der Leute, die Fotografie studiert haben, nicht als Fotografen arbeiten, weil sie zu fr\u00fch aufgegeben haben. Talent ist sch\u00f6n, aber erfolgreich sind die, die sich trotz R\u00fcckschl\u00e4ge weigern, aufzugeben.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Durchhalten<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Meine Mutter ist Songwriterin und hat gerade ihre erste CD ver\u00f6ffentlicht \u2013 nachdem sie viele Jahre lang nach den richtigen Leuten f\u00fcr das Projekt gesucht hat und dabei viele \u201eNeins\u201c einstecken musste. Und ich kann mir vorstellen, dass das hart war. Denn je pers\u00f6nlicher ein Projekt ist und je mehr Begeisterung man reinsteckt, desto mehr trifft es einen, wenn es auf Ablehnung st\u00f6\u00dft. Aber sie hat sich die Freude nicht nehmen und sich nicht entmutigen lassen, sondern hat immer weitergemacht und nicht aufgegeben \u2013 und jetzt hat es geklappt, die CD ist da – www.dorothewilmanns.de<\/a>. “When disappointed, get reappointed”, sagt die bekannte Predigerin Joyce Meyer, was so viel hei\u00dft wie: Wenn du entt\u00e4uscht bist, mach direkt einen neuen Plan. Die Herausforderung ist, weiter fest daran zu glauben, dass gute Dinge auf uns warten.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wenn wir viele Absagen bekommen, hei\u00dft das, dass wir viel versucht haben. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ich tendiere dazu, zu schnell aufzugeben, weil ich mich leicht entmutigen lasse, wenn ich nicht aufpasse. Und ich nehme \u201eNeins\u201c oft pers\u00f6nlich. Aber ich will mich selbst dazu herausfordern, mich nicht beirren zu lassen und einfach immer wieder weiterzumachen. Gerade ist mir noch was eingefallen, das mir mein ehemaliger Coach Hans Schumann erz\u00e4hlt hat: Ein Lehrer, der Vertreter ausgebildet hat, hat seinen Sch\u00fclern die Aufgabe gegeben in einer Woche so viele \u201eNeins\u201c wie m\u00f6glich zu sammeln \u2013 der, der die meisten hat, gewinnt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Was er damit sagen wollte: R\u00fcckschl\u00e4ge und Absagen sind ganz normal. Und wenn wir viele davon bekommen, dann hei\u00dft das nur, dass wir viel versucht haben. Wenn wir es als Herausforderung sehen, oder fast schon als eine Art Sport, dann k\u00f6nnte uns das helfen, gleich wieder weiterzumachen und weiter zu fragen. Durch dieses “Training” macht es uns vielleicht bald auch nicht mehr viel aus, \u201eNeins\u201c zu h\u00f6ren. Stattdessen k\u00f6nnten wir uns auf die Schulter klopfen und uns loben. \u201eSehr gut gemacht, wieder was versucht \u2013 und auf zum N\u00e4chsten.\u201c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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