Step one in promotion rejection is to refine your messaging and water down any fires created by that rejection.

While the choice was hardly life-altering, I’ve often thought about it as an allegory for my relationship to rejection more ...

Anyone who has experienced rejection knows the gut-wrenching anguish of being dismissed. Whether it's a pass over from your boss for the promotion you've worked so hard for, or abandonment from a ...

Hooray! You took a risk and put yourself out there. But after all of that emotional effort, it didn’t go as planned, and now you’re feeling just a bit wounded. Everyone deals with rejection at one ...

The classic Rolling Stones song, "You Can't Always Get What You Want," is more than a timeless hit. It's a fact of life. Still, rejection doesn't feel great, whether you get turned down for a job, ...

Take time to figure out who the right friends are for you go where you are wanted. I received the following letter: Dear Dr.

Let's be real—rejection sucks. Actually, "it sucks the big one," says Rachel Wright, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist in New York City. Research even shows that the brain reacts to ...

Rejection isn’t personal; it’s a business decision based on strategy. Successful founders turn investor feedback into opportunities for growth. Emotional resilience in rejection builds credibility and ...