Bouncing Back From Rejection

We've all been through it. Anyone who says he hasn't is either acutely neurotic, suffering from chronic amnesia, or in total denial. Still, rejection is tough to take. It's demoralizing, ego-shattering, and can even lead to the slippery slope of depression. Rejection forces us to make emotional choices. An easy response is to get angry and to crawl deep into a bottle of vodka, awash in self-pity. Another choice is to reflect on the rejecter, dismissing him or her as ignorant, naive, misinformed, dumb, and, just generally, a loser; but to turn things around climb quickly and then make something good happen. Put another way, winners take many deep breaths and then bounce back with renewed energy, better than ever.