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Listen in! Pick up some expert advice to a reader's question that we selected from CyberSchmooz. Featured Biz Question I just need a way to not mind rejection. Plus some ideas for answering objections and being able to turn a "no" around. DL Answer from our Guest Expert Allison Gaea Jucha of Yes!Coaching Dear DL, I agree it's hard not to "mind" rejection because it is a very hard pill to swallow. Rejection has several facets, all of which tell us more about ourselves than it does about others. But rather than hearing it tell us the bad stuff, I think we can hear a lot of good. The Feeling of Rejection is Our Choice Although I have felt bad in job searches, failed relationships, even from turned down requests, it has been clear to me that feeling rejected would be my choice. It seems like we are very willing to give up control, put our lives into others' hands, and then feel bad when it doesn't work out the way we'd like it to. What if we practiced keeping control OF WHAT WE CAN, and accept that we cannot determine what other people do with us? That's a tough realization sometimes and we may vehemently disagree with their choices about us, but we can give up feeling badly about ourselves because of what they do. After all, if we didn't believe in ourselves so much, where would we have gotten the courage to go to the interview or open ourselves to the relationship in the first place? Page 1 - 2 Enter your search terms Submit search form       Search Idea Cafe Web Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News Copyright 1995-2023, Idea Cafe Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from Idea Cafe Inc. DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. Idea Cafe Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from Idea Cafe. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.

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