REFRESH THE SOUL

The Unseen Benefits of Rejection: How to Use It to Your Advantage

Be a Rockstar with Rejection

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Is it even possible that rejection has benefits? Yes, they are unseen, but there are advantages!

Think about the last time you reached out to something. Maybe it was submitting your writing to a publication, a fellowship opportunity, asking someone out on a date or applying for a job, and you got the dreaded rejection letter or, worse, no letter at all! It was just crickets.

Do you remember how you felt?

Remember that rejection is not a tattoo of failure. It is an opportunity to take a step back and reflect.

In this article by Harvard Business Review, one of the points they make for their article, “Rejection is Critical for Success,” is that it keeps you humble and away from entitlement, which is a privilege a person believes they have the right to have.

How did you handle the rejection?

Did you curl up into a ball wondering why it happened and what you could have done better? If so, maybe that speaks to self-worth. It did for me, and that certainly was not a benefit.