Rejection calls for reflection.
Was it the right opportunity, the right time, the right audience? What could be improved in the way my ideas, my plan, my experience is introduced? What will I do next to make sure next time I can progress towards the goal?
What rejection does not need is forcefulness – I will do it my way – and surrender – I will give up.
Rejection is a second chance.
If today you have spent more time checking news sites and social media rather than doing your work, that’s ok. If you have been distracted, if you have struggled to focus, if you now feel you have achieved nothing, that’s ok. If the last minute meeting felt like just too much to take, that’s ok.
If your boss or somebody else has not extended their full support, empathy, and understanding, that is not ok.
Take your time. Breathe.
We’ve got this.
Some people will like you, some people will not like you, and most people will be somewhere in the middle.
Your responsibility is not to change where people stand.
Your responsibility is to spend more time with people that, for the most part, like you and less time with people that, for the most part, do not like you.
You’ll feel better. And they will feel better too.
It’s ok to be cheerful even when not everything is going well. It’s ok to be down even when most things seem to be perfect.
We need to be able to recognise that life is made of a multitude of pieces. The one that is in front of us right now is what determines our current mood. And fortunately there is much more for us to appreciate, at any given time.
In whatever you do, keep things simple.
One button is better than two.
One paragraph is better than two.
One message is better than two.
One minute is better than two.
One goal is better than two.
It takes time and effort to bring things to their most simple form. And it pays off a million times.
You've got this 