7 Ways To Handle Rejection With Aplomb

It is inevitable you will be turned down at various points in your life. You may get rejected when applying for a job, making a marriage proposal or asking your boss for a pay raise. It is not a nice experience to have, but thankfully it is possible to learn how to handle rejection without letting it destroy you.

Here are 7 tips on what you can do:

1. Don't take it personally. There are times in our lives when we are rejected simply because of timing. If you ask someone out to lunch but they have already eaten lunch, well they are going to turn you down! If you apply for a part-time job at a department store during the Christmas holidays the week of Christmas, they are going to turn you down because they have enough staff. Some rejections have nothing to do with us. So if you got turned down, do not second guess that you are no good or that no one likes you. It may just be a question of timing!

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[wayoutleft]

another way to handle rejection with aplomb is to say you were defined by the opposition as a tax-and-spend liberal, weak on national defense.

[Dan547]

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Why are all these self-help suggestions numbered? Does it make them seem more authoritative?

[foreplay]

This is nonsense. Toughen up boys and girls.

[impatient]

I have been cruelly rejected, which is not covered in this article. Simple rejeciton is no big deal. i don't even think about that stuff anymore. but when someone you thought you loved and who loved you rejects you in a hideously cruel and personally attcking way (like Elizabeth Edwards?), the thing to do is to hold your head up high and remind yourself to maintain your dignity. People can reject you but it's up to you to NOT allow them to make you feel small, to feel like a loser.

This article is too fluffy. The real pain of rejection goes way beyond anything mentioned here.