Hello people.
Howdy!
I have missed you here.
Dealing with rejection can be tough. During the course of this week have had to talk to people about life and how it deals. Life will always give you either a "Yes" or "No", the earlier you understand it, the better for you as a person.
Let me share with you the golden words of Leslie George, a personal and organizational development expert. I find these words very useful and impactful in our dealing with rejection.
You applied for a job, and was invited for an interview. You attended and was convinced you did well. Later, you were informed you weren't successful, and they thanked you for attending. This has happened several times in a row.
You responded to an internal job opening at work. You fit the criteria. Someone else was given the job. You had applied 3 times to different openings, and all 3 times, you were rejected. It's starting to affect how you think of yourself.
Well, you interviewed for a job, as other candidates did. You believe you did well, as other candidates may also believe. The truth is the organization will select whomever they agree fits the role best. It means that someone else had something you didn't. It's not always a reflection of how incompetent you are, but a reflection of what the organization wants, and it wasn't you. Keep walking. No matter how well prepared you are for an interview, the organization will still choose whom they want, and chances are it may not be you.
As long as their processes are fair, and the interview was professional, and someone else didn't use "unfair advantage" to get the job instead of you, keep walking. Keep preparing, keep researching what job advertisers and recruiters may be on the lookout for. Don't lose steam. If it's a job you want, keep working at it.
We all won't be entrepreneurs, we all won't turn to farming. At some point in your life, you are a provider of goods or services, an employer of labour, or you are the labour. Whichever you are today, right now, push as hard as you can. Be informed, be competent, be smart, be hungry for results. Let it be that when you wake up tomorrow, you will be better prepared than you are today.
If you lose today, if you fail today, sit down and think of what to do so you don't lose or fail tomorrow. Make sure you are not standing outside the wrong door. Be that person who keeps moving, rejection after rejection, loss after loss, failure after failure. Tomorrow is another day. Get off your knees, get out of bed, lift yourself off the floor. It's in your hands. Life is like being in the middle of a raging battle; there's nowhere to run. You might as well fight!
Walk on!
OjisiEmezie
