Reject Rejection
Rejection does not prevent
success — fear of rejection
does," says Jack Canfield,
who adds: "There's absolutely no
rational reason to fear rejection. You
ask a successful person to give you
career advice, and he says no. You didn't
have his advice before you asked,
and you don't have his advice after.
You're not worse off than when you
began, so why be afraid of asking? If
you want to be a success, you must
treat rejection as an illusion — a negative
response conjured up by your
mind that really doesn't exist."
Accept criticism. Although none of
us like to be criticized, the best
among us are able to find the grain of
truth within the criticism and grow as
a result of it. Physician and bestselling
author Bernie Siegel, M.D.,
recalls: "When I was a young physician,
I didn't realize that criticism
was a good sign. Now I see that it
means people know you care and are
willing to change your life." Dr.
Siegel says he has been "fortunate" in
his life and career to have many
"good critics." He cites nurses who
"would hand me lists of ways I could
improve, with practical suggestions
such as using the intercom rather
than bellowing when I needed something.
Patients asked me to stop
frightening them with my serious
look, to think in the hallway and
smile in their room. My family
helped me out too. You're not in the
operating room now they'd tell me
when I was demanding at home."
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