Rejection hurts but it should not hold you back
Rejection does put one out of comfort zone. It does feel like a big blow. However, it does throw up a golden opportunity to the person who receives the rejection to reflect to improve. It could also spurone to move on and shift gears.
Rejections could be prompts to you to improve your skills on what you got rejected at. Rejection should not make you feel that you are incompetent or you are a failure, it only means you are not perhaps equipped with the skills required for that activity you were working at. You should therefore take it as a learning experiment. You should educate yourself. You should not get disheartened. You should not accept defeat and quit.
Rejection makes one resilient. It should be an integral part of one's learning and growth. Dealing with rejection can be difficult and painful. One may ignore it and move on while others may wallow in self-pity.
A genuine rejection is positive and should be taken as a signal to you to learn and improve. Ignore negative rejections and grow through what you go through. If you get rejected in a job interview, you don't declare yourself incompetent, do you? No, you don't. You rather continue pushing yourself until you succeed. Adopt same approach in all the setbacks and rejections you receive.
One person's rejection or opinion should not define you who you are. It should give you an opportunity to grow and become better. Face rejection with courage and convert it into success. Not all rejections are bad; some help to improve. Take rejections as your next step towards success. Learn from these rejections and if you do that you will be a better version of yourself. Take rejection as a fact that you could have done better. Use it as a tool to improve. Giving up is not an option. Correct approach for you will be to give it yet another try rather than giving up. Take it as something better coming. Take it as a stepping stone to success. Appreciation always follows Rejection.
I had a few rejections in my professional life. Some dampened me a bit but I did not get discouraged. I overcame it. First rejection was when I was not taken as a teacher despite me having done quite well in the interview. My being the past student of that collage and even good one was also ignored; Second rejection was for banking job in officer's cadre. Though my performance in the written tests and interview was very good, I was not taken. In both the cases I understand why I was not taken but I would prefer to desist from commenting on that.
Among many other rejections the last rejection was froma Publisher when after a wait of about two months they informed that they would not be able to publish my book Anti Money Laundering/Anti Terrorism Financing & Know Your Customers Banker's Handbook. Some other publishers didn't respond. I was getting a bit jittery, but not losing hope and things in course of time turned out positive.
Snow White Publishers Kalbadevi Mumbai after several phone calls and a few meetings finally agreed to publish. The book was instant success and went into second edition that also sold out in six months.
The book has been adjudged the best book on the subject. A few comments of appreciation in regard to that read like as follows
1. Marc Hochstein Executive Editor, American Banker commented? The financial services industry today offers great opportunity for innovation and disruption. But even the most visionary start-ups must manage risk and understand the regulations, including anti-money laundering and know-your-customer requirements. S.S.A. Zaidi has written a timely book for those who want to get a handle on the complex work of AML compliance, a major concern of financial institutions ranging from global banks to local money transmitters. He is a passionate advocate of transparency and integrity in business, and his writing will inspire those trying to build ethical, risk-averse corporate cultures in an era when short-term thinking is unfortunately prevalent.
Mrs V. R.Iyer Retd CEO Bank of India, messaged
I find Mr. Zaidi's book ?Anti-money Laundering/Anti-Terrorism Financing & Know Your Customer? to be very comprehensive and informative. The complex subject of Money Laundering has been dealt with in a very logical sequence and easy to understand language. The style of presentation makes easy reading. The book will be of great help not only to front line staff dealing with customers but also be a good source of material for trainers.
I have known Mr. Zaidi as a very competent trainer and the presentation style of the book reflects his professional competence. The fact that the book is going into second edition within a period of five months of its publication speaks volumes about the quality of the contents and manner of presentation of the book. I wish the second edition of the book and its author all success
The lesson you can draw from all this is not to get discouraged by such rejections.
What is all narrated above can be summarized in the words of ? Lailah Gifty Akita , Author of Think Great: Be Great as under
"Everyone at some point in life have faced rejection and failure, it is part of the process to self-realization."
Lesson is --Don't allow rejections to disturb and threaten your comfort Zone
Take Always -
1) Rejection should not lead to not to lead to Dejection
2) See rejection as a tool to get better and improve it's not the end.
3) You must remain motivated and inspired
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