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Why Rejection is Ultimately Our Key to Success

Rejection is just another form of constructive feedback, so take it as it comes, learn from it, and move on

Lindsey Carson
3 min readJul 6, 2020
Photo by Mantas Hesthaven on Unsplash

Rejection comes in many forms for different people— whether it’s getting let go from a job or not getting a job that you interviewed for or getting dumped or failing a test, rejection can and will happen at some point in your life. And when it does, it can often cut deep. After all, who actually likes being rejected?

Everyone handles rejection differently, but how we handle rejection when it happens is essentially the make or break moment for whatever lies ahead for us.

Personally, I’m no stranger to rejection. In just the past few years, I’ve been rejected more times than I can remember and I’m sure it will happen again many times throughout the rest of my life.

And I’m completely fine with that.

Because the thing is, rejection is ultimately our key to success for the future. Even though it might not seem like it in the moment, rejection does happen for a reason. And this is why.

When one door closes, another one opens

Yes, I know that we’ve all probably heard this before. It’s just about as cliché as cliché…

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Lindsey Carson
Lindsey Carson

Written by Lindsey Carson

Writer, Runner, and Mother working in Ad Tech. Trying to navigate my identity as a new parent. I write about work, relationships, culture, and life in general.

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