Overcome Fear in 2011. Get Rejected On Purpose
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Overcome Fear in 2011. Get Rejected On Purpose
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#2Rejection therapy has gotten a lot of coverage on HN recently, and for good reason.
A lot of people on the Internet use rejection therapy to get over their fears of asking the cute girl out for coffee or going to the trendy nightclub they've never entered before. Here at HN, however, I think rejection therapy is able to really shine: sitting down for lunch with some VC's or C-level executives takes courage, and pitching your idea is literally asking for it to get shot down. It takes a lot of courage, but in the end it's worth it to take the risk for the slim chance of reward. In fact, many aspects of the startup lifestyle involve putting your neck out there in hopes that someone will see your idea and love it just as much as you do.
I haven't played the "Rejection Therapy" game, but I feel like everyone is afraid of getting rejected from something. It gives me the holiday season warm fuzzy feelings when I know that people are following a system that will improve themselves.
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#3This is great! One of the reasons 2010 has been so wonderful for me is because of the lack of fear I've had! It took awhile for me to get over all of this... half of 2008, all of 2009, and the beginning of 2010 were all wasted because I was too scared to do anything!
Two years of my life could (and would) have been better spent working in a field I love on projects I enjoy with people that constantly push me to excel but because of the rejection I experienced (mostly in my own head, mind you) in the first half of 2008, I froze and was unable to get past it. Well, thank [insert higher power of choice here] for that because this year I'm back on the horse and 2011 brings nothing but amazing potential and a blank slate every day for me to fill.
To anyone stuck where I was: Keep pushing forward. When you realize that the rejection is your own head working against you, you'll finally feel free. It gets different!
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#4One great way of doing this is to interview for jobs that you think you're not qualified enough for. I've gone to so many interviews over the years, that after a while it doesn't matter if some company X doesn't take you. You just stop worrying.
I have a couple of friends who never go to interviews, unless their skills match the job description almost perfectly. They rob themselves of chances to get more money, more experience.
"Son, let women figure out why they won't screw you. Don't do it for them." -- Shit My Dad Says
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#5For me, it's not so much fear but more as resignation. I can how an interview will end up within the first few minutes.
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#6Rejection therapy has gotten a lot of coverage on HN recently, and for good reason. A lot of people on the Internet use rejection therapy to get over their fears of asking the cute girl out for coffee or going to the trendy nightclub they've never entered before. Here at HN, however, I think rejection therapy is able to really shine: sitting down for lunch with some VC's or C-level executives takes courage, and pitch…
sitting down for lunch with some VC's or C-level executives takes courage, and pitching your idea is literally asking for it to get shot down.
...where by "literally" you mean "figuratively". Unless VCs you lunch with habitually bring firearms or the like to lunch. :)
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#7For me, it's not so much fear but more as resignation. I can how an interview will end up within the first few minutes.
> I can how an interview will end up within the first few minutes.
Supposedly, that's also how long it takes the interviewer to decide.
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#8or just go learn how to pick up girls. the skills are relevant to entrepreneurs.
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#9One great way of doing this is to interview for jobs that you think you're not qualified enough for. I've gone to so many interviews over the years, that after a while it doesn't matter if some company X doesn't take you. You just stop worrying. I have a couple of friends who never go to interviews, unless their skills match the job description almost perfectly. They rob themselves of chances to get more money, more…
the value of interviewing for a job i'm underqualified for, even including rejection practice and promotion potential, probably isn't worth the time and effort.
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#10Rejection therapy has gotten a lot of coverage on HN recently, and for good reason. A lot of people on the Internet use rejection therapy to get over their fears of asking the cute girl out for coffee or going to the trendy nightclub they've never entered before. Here at HN, however, I think rejection therapy is able to really shine: sitting down for lunch with some VC's or C-level executives takes courage, and pitch…
sitting down for lunch with some VC's or C-level executives takes courage, and pitching your idea is literally asking for it to get shot down. ...where by "literally" you mean "figuratively". Unless VCs you lunch with habitually bring firearms or the like to lunch. :)
"Literally" and "figuratively" mean the same things figuratively, but different literally.