I once did the reverse of this: I made a rule that I would never decline an invitation, no matter what it was. At the time rejection wasn't even on my radar. I was new in town, and without an established social circle, my tendency toward introversion could have lead me to completely isolate myself.
It worked out really well. I found myself doing things I would otherwise never have considered. Join an ultimate frisbee league? Well, uh, I'm not much of an athlete, but... ok. Go to a non-alcoholic dinner put on by a church? I uh, well, religion's not my... ok. Dance the funky chicken? <wince> ok.
Later on, I followed up by focussing on initiating things myself, rather than just accepting what others proposed, but I never thought of explicitly looking for rejection. Neat idea.
It worked out really well. I found myself doing things I would otherwise never have considered. Join an ultimate frisbee league? Well, uh, I'm not much of an athlete, but... ok. Go to a non-alcoholic dinner put on by a church? I uh, well, religion's not my... ok. Dance the funky chicken? <wince> ok.
Later on, I followed up by focussing on initiating things myself, rather than just accepting what others proposed, but I never thought of explicitly looking for rejection. Neat idea.