3 ms·The reward is realizing that the pain of being rejected is negligible.by paulgb 16y agoThe reward is realizing that the pain of being rejected is negligible.jpwagner 16y agobut there is no pain if you don't have any expectation!David 16y agoThat's the goal, anyway. Some of us aren't there yet. Rejection of any kind, even for something that wasn't expected in the first place, can be painful.