Eight Simple Rules

I'm trying a cafe sua da, which is tasty. It is typically milk and coffee over ice, but this place substitutes the coffee with four shots of espresso.

As I fight off the urge to think discouraging thoughts, I need to remember eight simple rules...

1. Even if my gut feeling tells me they will say No, I shall ask anyway.
2. I shall not take it personally when they tell me No.
3. I shall not allow my gut to gloat or say, "I told you so."
4. I shall not overthink the words used or reasons given.
5. A No is not the end of the world.
6. In this "game", there are only two strikes. A second No means I'm out.
7. I can be disappointed, but not defeated.
8. I shall keep trying. Otherwise, there will never be a Yes.