The Disruptive Entrepreneur

Rejection is hard, but far too many of us take it badly. This can be damaging to you, your environment, and most certainly your business and its growth.   In this episode, Rob tells you the best ways not to take rejection, what not to do when you get rejected, how you can turn rejection into something positive, and the ways in which you can take action beyond.  KEY TAKEAWAYS There are two damaging extremes when it comes to taking rejection and how you act upon it, both of which will hurt you and your business badly:  Angry, critical, defensive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, emotional and controlling behaviours.  Retreat, hide, aggressive self-analysing followed by internal scalding.    Reacting badly to rejection only reinforces the belief that whoever did the rejecting did the right thing! It’s not about taking rejection; it’s about how you handle that rejection. Acting like a child won’t make anyone change their mind.    It’s not personal - Rejection is never personal. The pain we experien