‘…You are also allowed to be the rejecter and say no when something is posed as a great opportunity but just doesn’t feel right.’- Sam Jay
‘If you care enough about your work, you will be able to get past rejections.’– Alysia Reiner
‘When one door closes, another one opens.’- Alysia Reiner
‘It’s powerful to share experiences of rejection. … By sharing your vulnerability and your hardships, you give other people permission to do so as well. Then collectively, we’re able to kind of grow stronger together.’- Polly Rodriquez
‘After a rejection, you have to stop your own destructive narration, the looping story in which you tell yourself what just happened.’– Rachel Platten
‘Volunteering is one of the best possible ways to overcome a failure. because all of a sudden you’re not focused on what you don’t have. You’are focused on all that you can give.’- Rachel Platten
‘Treat your inner artist like a kindergartener in art class. Be gentle rather than critical.’- Rachel Platten
‘When you are trying to make a change, acknowledge that whatever the pushback, there is often validity in other people’s concerns.’- Marilyn Carlson Nelson
‘You know what would be bizzare? If you never failed and you never got rejected.’– Sarah Koenig
‘When you get rejected, you feel like you’re the only one to whom this has happened- but that’s not true. Failure happens to everyone.’- Angela Duckworth
‘Authenticity is all about staying true to your values, not to one particular communication style.’
Jessica Bacal (2021). The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up At Work
