A young single man checked into a Hilton Hotel. A card left on his pillow said, "Turn down service available, 7-10 p.m." The message meant that a housekeeper was available to turn down the covers on the bed during those hours. This young man saw a different message. "Why would you ever want a service like that?" he asked. "A turn down service ” unless you have incredibly low self-esteem." He added, "Usually my turn downs come long before 7 p.m.." Have you ever been turned down? Rejected? Insulted?

A group of writers were telling about the rejection slips they've received from publishers. One of them had gotten a rejection slip that read like this, "I am returning this paper. Someone wrote on it." It was signed by the editor. Ouch! That's a turn down!

Hans Christian Andersen knew what it …