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All of us face rejection from time to time.
How we respond to that rejection will determine the direction and quality of our
lives. Inventor Thomas Edison had a healthy attitude about his own foul-ups — he
didn't let failure or rejection get him down. In fact, Edison welcomed failure
as a valuable tool for learning . . . and so should you.
If you've recently experienced rejection, dejection, frustration, or
consternation, don't consider it the end of the world. Instead, consider the
powerful ideas that follow, and take these ideas to heart. Thomas Edison said, ""I failed my way to success."
So can you.
About
Rejection…
’Beware of allowing a tactless
word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky."
Anaïs Nin
"You are not afraid of rejection. You are afraid of
what you believe will happen if you are rejected. Identify the roots of that
fear."
Azriela Jaffe
"You can’t have any successes unless you can accept failure.’
George Cukor
Rejection is an Inevitable
Component of the Selling Process (and of Life); Don’t Take It Too Seriously
"85% of our customers say "no" at least once before
buying."
Ross Perot
"I took rejection, and turned it into direction."
Sally Jessy Raphael
"Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of
operations for everything that we do in life."
Julia T. Alvarez
"Every time you get rejected, say: ‘NEXT’"
Mark Victor Hansen
"Yes, rejection and criticism hurt. Get used to it."
Judy Blume
"The salesman frequently encounters the word "no." He must be
resilient."
Robert Woodruff
And Finally
"There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your
critics are right."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a
straight course toward his objective in life, without being swayed from his
purpose by either commendation or condemnation."
Napoleon Hill
"When I was young, I observed that nine out of every ten things I did
failed, so I did ten times more work."
George Bernard Shaw
For a brief essay about the fear of
rejection, click here.
This page was compiled by
Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.
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