Seth Godin on the Unmistakable Creative Podcast gives an example of how rejection often depends more on the rejector's perception than on the value of the offer. If someone goes to a public space, such as a bus station, and tries to sell a stranger a 5 dollar bill for 1 dollar, he says, this person would most likely be rejected.
He explains how each person who rejects would have their own reason such as not trusting, however it is obvious the offer has 5 times more value than current situation. Then he says “listeners would be thinking that they wouldn’t buy the 5 dollar bill from the stranger” and as he was saying that I was thinking just from the opposite side “there is no question in my mind I would sell the 1 dollar bill”
In what specific situations have you found yourself thinking, hearing, perceiving or operating different than others or what was expected?