We’ve all been there, asked someone for something with abated breath. A job, a date, a raise, or money. We ask for forgiveness, love, a recommendation, only to be rejected. We start a business, we can’t get enough clients, we feel rejected. Then we become devastated, the feeling of failure.
What rejection does is exposes feelings, which gives doubt about our self-worth, which raises questions about our value as human beings.
That latest rejection, makes all our other accomplishments pale in comparison. We arbitrarily give rejection tremendous power, more than …