118. How to Stop Revisiting Thoughts of Rejection and Start Living a Phenomenal Life

<p class="MsoNormal" style= "line-height: normal; background: white; margin: .25in 0in .25in 0in;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #27292b;"> Getting rejected hurts.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "line-height: normal; background: white; margin: .25in 0in .25in 0in;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #27292b;"> And even after the initial sting, we wonder what it is about us that made this person reject us.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "line-height: normal; background: white; margin: .25in 0in .25in 0in;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #27292b;"> In a word:  Nothing.  Even though it doesn’t feel that way, being rejected is more about the other person than it is about you.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "line-height: normal; background: white; margin: .25in 0in .25in 0in;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #27292b;"> Just changing your perspective on rejection can help you overcome your fear of it, and help you see that getting rejected is just another part of living.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "line-height: normal; background: white; margin: .25in 0in .25in 0in;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #27292b;"> In episode 118 we’ll review the three thoughts behind all of the distress we feel when we get rejected.  They start as one small thought and then snowball into a hundred thoughts all supporting your belief that these things are true.</span></p> <p class="MsoNor