College Rejections- nothing personal

There’s a book that came out quite a while Go called Thank You for the Feedback. It’s really more intended for asking for, processing, and giving feedback in the workplace. But there’s quite a bit of useful info in it.

It highlights how one person, who gets 99 stellar patient reviews and one negative one, will fixate on the negative one while another person will brush off, or even ignore, negative feedback. So yes, one person might feel the weight of it differently.

I do think, in situations like this, it helps to think about how you’re feeling and why. It’s also worthwhile to see if there is any "learning " to be had. Could you have understood the requirements and odds better? Could you have prepared yourself better for the outcome? Often, those answers are no. But sometimes, you might learn that you wished you’d been more private or had planned a fun weekend when the news came, etc. That’s something you can use in life. Heck, I’m many decades into life and still learning how to manage myself! It’s a journey…

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