Everyone gets turned down at some point in their personal or professional life, but learning how to deal with it can help you bounce back quicker
Don’t take it personally
Say you didn’t get the job or the man — it was your request that was denied, that’s all. Try not to personalise it and seek fault within yourself. Whatever they decided is no judgment on you as a person or any indication of your worth.
Get a new perspective
Instead of feeling ‘they rejected me’, why not simply think of it as something they said ‘no’ to or even that it ‘just wasn’t meant to be’. That way, the rejection isn’t framed as something negative about you.
Be kind to yourself
It’s important not to be too hard on yourself. Take your mind off it by doing something you love. Go for a bike ride or have a pamper at home.
Use the opportunity to improve
Sometimes a rejection can be a wake-up call to make positive changes in your life. Why not use the ‘negative feedback’ as an opportunity to reassess your current situation and find ways to improve?
Accept it for what it is
Things don’t always work out the way you think they should, and that’s OK. Don’t let it control you — let it go and get on with your life.