How to stop rejection from blocking your nursing career.

 

Hey friend,

What is your relationship with rejection?

Is it something that you recognize as a part of the journey but secretly dread? 

Or is it something that creates shame and fear to even try?

If so, I am here to tell you a little secret. 

Rejection is never the real problem. 

Being rejected is an entirely neutral event.

Where the problem lies in the story, you create around what being rejected means.

If your story about rejection is that it means something is wrong with you or a reason to feel shame, you will do everything you can to avoid it.

And as a coach, I have seen firsthand what the fear surrounding rejection can do to nurses.

It keeps you in a dead-end job way too long.

It stops you from trying new things or putting yourself out there because it is "too risky," and you don't want to be embarrassed.

It keeps you believing the excuses and lies you tell yourself this is how your career has to be. 

But you can stop this vicious cycle.

All you have to do is stop making rejections in your career a problem.

How do you do this?

It's really easy.

The #1 way to make yourself less afraid of rejection is to put yourself in positions to be rejected ON PURPOSE.

That's right, intentionally put yourself in situations where there is a strong possibility you might be told no or rejected.

This process is called rejection therapy and is a tool used in dating, entrepreneurship, and all sorts of environments to help people build their rejection muscle. 

If you are kinda freaking out and don't know where to start, keep it simple. 

Start by sitting down and make a list of things you want to do either at work or in other areas of your life. Then over the next month, make a commitment to doing one each day. 

Some ideas you might want to try:

- Share an idea to fix a problem at a staff meeting.

- Ask your manager if there are leadership courses you could be enrolled in.

- Apply for a job you like but only meet 75% of the suggested qualifications.

- Talk to your boss about shadowing in another department you have been curious about.

- Ask to speak at a conference or event on a topic you are passionate about.

I can promise that you will be amazed by two things if you do this challenge for a month. 

How much easier it is to hear no and not take it personally and the number of things people say yes to. 

Here's to you and all your future rejections.

I believe in you and your possibilities,

Mary B.

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