I was told as a young man that if I wanted to get anywhere in life I was going to have to learn to thrive on rejection. Experience has proved it true many times

I was told as a young man that if I wanted to get anywhere in life I was going to have to learn to thrive on rejection. Experience has proved it true many times over. The key of course is framing your experience. I think the submission’s parallel between interviewing and dating is a good observation. In both cases you need to be willing to realize that rejection can be because of something you can control, but it also can be because of something you can’t. Another thing is once you experience it enough rejection loses its sting. The handful of hours you spend pursuing a job or a date just isn’t a serious cost, especially if you learn something from the experience.