Rejection happens to every academic. Papers are not published, grants are not funded, proposals are rejected, and jobs are not achieved. Most academics have many times more rejections than successes.

Rejection hurts. We’ve all experienced the pain of rejection—perhaps a job you didn’t get, being ghosted by a friend, or not being invited to a social event—and then seeing your friends post about it ...

Hearing no the first time, I laughed. I heard the lore. A rite of passage is what it’s considered to be. I knew because the writers before me had written articles and essays, they had quipped about ...

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Harlan Cohen is a bestselling author and journalist who has visited over 500 high school and college campuses. He is also a social media influencer with over 1 million followers. Harlan sits down and ...

Mark Carlson couldn't even look at the phone without feeling anxious about being rejected by prospective clients. Soon, sales at T. Charles Wilson Insurance Service, the Aurora, Colorado, firm he ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Let’s be honest — being rejected stinks. We all get rejected sometimes — whether it’s for a job, a romantic partner or even a social ...

Q. Where are all my school friends? Summer is moving along quickly, and I feel abandoned. I try to connect but they ghost me. I don’t know what to do. I don’t think I did anything wrong, although I do ...

Shadiah Sigala did not know she would be a serial entrepreneur. After graduating from the Harvard Kennedy School, she worked in project management at Aetna but realized quickly that corporate life and ...