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An Insane but Effective Guide to Overcoming the Fear of Rejection
A simple way to develop rejection immunity
I watched a TED Talk in 2019, where the speaker made a very impassioned plea to his listeners. Not a surprising move, but I found the request a bit stupid at the time.
Who doesn’t have some crazy in them?
I apologize for not remembering your name and the title of your talk. But the takeaway from your talk has been with me all this while.
The message was on how to handle rejections better.
People are always going to reject you. Sometimes, several times a day. Sure, some of it will hurt. Like really bad. You want to know how much rejection sucks? Look at how kids behave when they get a no for an answer.
The gentle ones among them resort to screaming and kicking when we deny them their requests. The less gentle one, you know they are throwing stuff at you. Never mind how insane some of those requests are.
But how do you treat your rejections?
One writer, I know of pays herself whenever a publication rejects her article.
