A broken relationship, not getting accepted into a school, being fired, or simply kicked out of some place....has it proven beneficial in the scheme of things?
2007-03-20 17:15:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I got laid off from one job, applied to about a dozen dead-end jobs and were turned down, and finally out of desperation applied for a position that I never thought I'd get in a million years....and WHAMMO -- I'm a happy worker in a great office. None of this would have been possible were I not laid off or rejected by the other places...
2007-03-20 17:23:27 · update #1
Yes. In the sense that i rejected sleeping with someone.
And then found out after that someone caught something from him!
Wow lucky escape, huh.
hmm i was rejected by a school/college thing.. and that turned out pretty good because it would've been a total waste of time doing that course as it wasn't what i wanted to do in life...
2007-03-20 17:22:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
REJECTION can be a WONDERFUL THING!
After over more than 30 years in HI-TECK sales it is simply a fact of life. It is the ONLY job in the world where one faces rejection 90% of the time. The 10% acceptance pays the bills and PAYS WELL. Figure making around $100K a year in 1970 when a NEW house went for $20K....HUM?
I trained sales people in the 70's for a Fortune 500 company. Their homework assignment on the Friday after their second week was to go out and SCORE; the winner got expenses covered and the rest ATE it.
It was simple, establish commonality, enter communication, overcome objections and NICELY CLOSE. Address the objections and nicely close again after they had gained MORE information.
So REJECTION IS GOOD if you know how to handle it and NOT take it personally; just NOT a good fit and it is up to YOU to determine that.
Now we have "The Entitled Generation" and thay have been told all of their lives that "THEY are SPECIAL", well that is a CROCK and they are just regular people. They have NEVER been rejected in their lives and it is learning curve that they have to go through to figure out that they are just like the rest of us. Get a job, keep a job, excell, find a partner, grow and make a POSITIVE difference in the world. REJECTION is just part of the deal and you either learn to deal with it or go live in the woods.
There are just too MANY QUALITY KIDS that have been poisoned by their parents misguided efforts to make them SPECIAL!
Take the REJECTION and use it as a STEP toward personal GROWTH because as an adult is is simply a fact of life.
2007-03-20 17:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by jacquesstcroix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 20 years ago, I was working in a large factory. They had an opening in the office so I applied for the job. I was qualified for the job. I had experience as an office mgr and as a sales rep. I was turned down for the job. I guess the Plant Mgr didn't think anyone who worked in his factory had the sense to work in his office.
It was a real blow to the ego.
Not long after I took a position in another factory as the private secretary to the president of the company.
When I was secretary, the mgr of the plant that wouldn't hire me for the office job...hosted a banquet of the chamber of commerce. The Human Resource officer of my company and I both attended that banquet. It was a great feeling to walk in there.
2007-03-20 17:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by Moma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No!
It only succeeded in destroying my spirit even further...
But there is always another positive (hopefully!) side to things.
Being rejected by someone helped me realize who I was dealing with and kept me from wasting time with someone who didn't fully appreciate the true value of my being...
It was their loss, not mine!
2007-03-20 17:20:49 · answer #4 · answered by Devilish Angel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes because although I have been rejected I always eventually realize that there is something/someone out there better for me.
2007-03-20 17:23:08 · answer #5 · answered by yojuicy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES. I was in a relationship for three years - I thought I was in love. However, you could nearly say it was emotionally abusive, and I must say that I am much, much happier now that I am out of it. (He broke up with me, by the way.) I can't imagine how unhappy my life would be with him still in it.
2007-03-20 17:21:48 · answer #6 · answered by Julie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The relationship I'm in now never would have been possible it he was never here for me. It's the best I've had in my life.
2007-03-20 17:21:05 · answer #7 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, several times in fact.
2007-03-20 17:17:41 · answer #8 · answered by Someone Else 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My divorce, which was devastating at the time, turned out to be the second best gift she ever gave me. My daughter was the best.
2007-03-20 17:23:08 · answer #9 · answered by idahoturkey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope, I don't set my standards high. I go by this quote "start off depressed that way everything else is sort of a pleasant surprise"
2007-03-20 17:18:13 · answer #10 · answered by experiMENTAL bunny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋