How To Deal With Rejection
No matter what you do in life or how well you've felt like you've done something, get ready to deal with some kind of rejection. Rejection could come from a co-worker, it could come from a customer of your business. Rejection can come from people you don't even know or from the closet people in your life.
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When you experience rejection you really only have two choices: give up or move forward.
Rejection at work or your business
You may be an excellent worker and be in a good position with the company you work for, even despite all that one of your idea's or a project that you're doing gets rejected, now what? At first you're not going to be used to this, even if you've experienced rejection before, your standing will have built up a sense of security, so when rejection hits, you'll feel like you got sucker punched.
Just realize that no one is perfect and use this rejection as fuel to make your next project the best the company has ever seen. If your boss comes up to you and tells you that your work has been lacking lately, then use this as your chance to show then why you're the best person they've ever hired. Do you see what I'm saying? You may be down but you're not out, you can't quit or give up.
I have talked a bit about my experience as a business owner and one lesson that I've learned is you can't please everybody. This doesn't mean that you can assume anything and not give it your all, give your customers the best service and experience they've ever had. When you experience rejection from your customers, learn from it and work harder, it won't be the first time or the last time, use it as motivation.
Rejection from places you weren't expecting
So now you know a little bit about rejection but don't get cocky, the hardest rejection you'll face is from the people who are the closet to you. Have you experienced this kind of rejection before? I think at one point or another we all have and at some point in the future we all will.
When my wife and I told our parents that the Lord is leading us to move to Hawaii, they didn't believe us. They didn't say they'll pray for us, they didn't ask our plans, they just said they don't think it will happen. I have to be honest, it felt like they were rejecting our dreams and it hurt. Looking back at it now, I know that its human nature to doubt and it might be a form of denial for them, so we won't hold a grudge.
If someone close to you rejects you or something you're trying to do that is positive, forgive and forget, life is too short to hold a grudge. If you face rejection take a minute to examine what you're trying to do, make sure that you're realistic about your dreams or goals. If you're trying to do something that is selfish or isn't a positive move for your life, than they had a good reason for the rejection. If you're doing something positive and you're following the path that the Lord is leading you in, then pick your head up and push forward. Life is short, remember? You can't give up, that's the easy way out and if you have read this blog for any amount of time then you know we believe that this year has to be different then any other year. This is the year we are making changes that will better our future and the future of our loved ones.
Will you give up or push forward?
No matter what you do this year, whether it's working, running a business or chasing your dreams, you will have rejection. You know it's coming but when it comes you'll still be mad, frustrated, angry, stressed out and a little depressed. At that moment pray, ask the Lord for strength and you'll pick your head up.
Use this as motivation to do what others think you can't do because you CAN do it. You'll be tempted to get mad and give up, that's just your emotions and we have no need for them this year. Don't give up, move forward, forgive and forget, don't hold any grudges. Life is way to short and too important, we've got too much to do, so let's get to it!
What will you do if you face rejection?
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