you have to remind yourself that this setback doesn’t define you and that you’re not a failure, not to make yourself feel better, but because it’s the truth.

Rejection, in any form, attacks your self-confidence, your ability to believe in yourself. Many people stay stuck in this mentality and they never really move on, even though they think they have. You haven’t really moved on if you left your self-confidence behind. … More Can We Talk About Rejection?