From the course: Overcoming Rejection
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Your values
- An important clue as to why rejection can hurt so much is that sometimes it's not the fact that it happened but the way that it happened. It's not that she said that, it's the way she said that. It's the way they told me, it's the way they went ahead and did that. If that's really what's bothering you, then you are probably experiencing a values conflict. Someone has stepped on your values and the clearer you can be from the outset about what your values actually are, the better you can be at making choices about the projects and people that are a good match for you. So here's a simple way to name what your values are. Start by writing down five things that have happened to you in your life, three things that seemed really good, that you really liked in your life. I got picked first for the baseball team in fifth grade, I graduated summa cum laude from college. I mean, I didn't, but maybe you did. I bought a house.…
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