“Disappointment’s cousin is Frustration.” Chetan Bhagat
You didn’t get the sale. And you know that you asked enough questions and put together a proposal that addressed not just all the obvious questions but many of the deeper, unasked ones and the needs that are obvious based on your experience. So the client opting to not follow your recommendations to improve their world bother you, and your hackles rise a little bit. Maybe you want to raise your voice and double or triple down on your logic, your emotion, to find some way to get them to listen and do what is in their best interest. And as you try more you get more frazzled, because it is intuitively obvious to the most casual of observers that what you are suggesting will make them better and dammit you care about their success. So you push harder, feeling it slip away and you get a little more tense and trepidatious and short. This is frustration coming to visit.
Maybe it isn’t a sales situation per se, but trying to get your kid to do what is best as opposed to what is convenient or popular.
Maybe it is that romantic interest that has put out all the buying signals but suddenly is going cold and pulling away.
Failing to make progress in your physical health.
Repeated financial setbacks that drain the bank account and emotional reserves.
Repeatedly not getting what we work towards can suck our will and leave us powerless, where frustration comes on in and sits in our mind rent free. Do everything you can to maximize your chances of success in your situations, and when Frustration tries to sneak in behind the Disappointment of hearing no say “You are not welcome here” and close the door in Frustration’s face.