Step one in promotion rejection is to refine your messaging and water down any fires created by that rejection.

While the choice was hardly life-altering, I’ve often thought about it as an allegory for my relationship to rejection more ...

Anyone who has experienced rejection knows the gut-wrenching anguish of being dismissed. Whether it's a pass over from your boss for the promotion you've worked so hard for, or abandonment from a ...

Take time to figure out who the right friends are for you go where you are wanted. I received the following letter: Dear Dr.

The classic Rolling Stones song, "You Can't Always Get What You Want," is more than a timeless hit. It's a fact of life. Still, rejection doesn't feel great, whether you get turned down for a job, ...

Hooray! You took a risk and put yourself out there. But after all of that emotional effort, it didn’t go as planned, and now you’re feeling just a bit wounded. Everyone deals with rejection at one ...

Let's be real—rejection sucks. Actually, "it sucks the big one," says Rachel Wright, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist in New York City. Research even shows that the brain reacts to ...

Handling rejection can be one of life's toughest challenges, especially when it occurs at work --- the place where you spend at least a third of your day, and perform your job duties to the best of ...

Rejection isn’t personal; it’s a business decision based on strategy. Successful founders turn investor feedback into opportunities for growth. Emotional resilience in rejection builds credibility and ...

There's no denying a breakup can be one of the most difficult things to go through. But weirdly, if you get rejected when dating, it can sometimes hurt just as much — if not more. So the next time you ...