Here’s the first step to turning rejection into opportunity - admitting that rejection is normal.
Though we try our best to avoid being rejected due to the pain and embarrassment it may cause, rejection is a very standard part of life. We like to imagine that the next rejection will be the beginning of the end of our potential, yet refuse to remember the times we were rejected in the past… and survived.
Rejection is actually incredibly normal: Opportunities fall through. Others are picked before we are. The application is denied. However, when you look back throughout your life, how many painful rejections actually resulted in a catastrophe in the long-term
The real enemy in rejection isn’t the rejection itself - it is our response to the emotion at the moment. What if instead of seeing rejection as a possibility to be feared, we considered it a normal part of our lives that could instead bring even better opportunities than we imagined?
If we could see rejection in this light, it would change how brave, bold, and courageous our daily choices and action could be. We could capture - perhaps even invite - rejection into our lives for the possibilities it brings!
The process of capturing rejection and turning it into opportunity begins by reframing our experience of rejection