Rejection Isn’t Personal
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Rejection Isn’t Personal
The joy and freedom of acceptance is seeing that, actually, what makes the intolerable is not the situation or person, but your attitude and thinking around it.
Arjuna Ishaya • 200% – An Instruction Manual for Living Fully
Real toughness is about acceptance: of who you are, what you’re going through, and the discomfort that often comes with it. It’s living in that place of tension so that the needed space can be created to find the best path forward.
Steve Magness • Do Hard Things
The main reason for embracing rejection is that rejection is better than regret. Scan back through this short list of buffers; how many of these have become greater, longer term problems for you than a briefly painful rejection would’ve been? Buffers also have a tendency to compound upon themselves
Rollo Tomassi • The Rational Male
Rejections that were painful in the moment have actually worked out for the best.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
You have to free your mind of the narrative that the world is out to get you, and notice the difference between imagination and reality. When you catch yourself saying “nobody likes my work”, witness your thoughts and replace them with “I am struggling”.
Sari Azout • Check your Pulse #49
Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work
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