Dealing with rejection is what we all do. This feeling of self-pity and disappointment is very familiar to us all. Most of the time, we just let it destroy it from the inside out. Because we are seeing rejection as failure, we feel like failures.
So we did not get that job, that house, and that salary. Yet we fail to marry, fall in love, or have a sexy body. Also, we are not successful without a career and property. Rejection comes from others, but we reject ourselves without realising it. Hence, we see ourselves as small because we do not fit the norms.
Rejection isn’t failure. Failure is giving up. Everybody gets rejected. It’s how you handle it that determines where you’ll end up.
Richard Castle
Although these social requirements have expired, the times are changing too slowly. Therefore, we are to live in our time with taboos and prejudice. Our society is very often drawing us into judgment and leaving us without joy. Because people know what we can not do but they rarely know what we can do.
Yet we often believe them without questioning their qualifications to become judges in our own lives. So if we can only change them slowly, the biggest changes can be made within. We can deal with rejection by changing our mindset.
Refuse to let the fear of rejection hold you back. Remember, rejection is never personal.
Brian Tracy
From my own experience as a scientist, I deal with rejection almost every single day. Hence, I needed to find ways to deal with rejection so it would not consume me. Therefore, I am giving you my advice on this episode on how to deal with rejection, from a scientist’s view.
Here are my three attitudes I have in my life that make a big difference in my own sanity. Scientists are very stressful creatures because rejections are like rain in their lives. This comes from getting a position, to get funds, and to do the research.
But even if you are not doing research, it is a similar situation in almost whatever you do as a scientist. Therefore, I am sharing with you my story of getting beyond rejections and finding peace. Always remember not to take it personally. Learn from it and do better next time.
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