PsycHacks Episode 32: Never reject yourself
Sep 7, 2021
The podcast discusses the importance of not rejecting yourself and allowing others to be the ones to reject. It emphasizes how self-rejection can limit opportunities and urges listeners to keep striving for success like in a game of poker.
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Force Others To Reject You
- Always force other people to expend the energy to reject you instead of rejecting yourself first.
- Assume you are good enough until you receive active negative feedback or rejection.
You Don't Know Others' Standards
- You cannot reliably judge what others will value or accept about you based on your own standards.
- Self-rejection substitutes your imagined standards for the other's real criteria and shrinks opportunities.
Job Interview Self-Sabotage
- In a job interview example, saying you lack experience invites rejection even if you'd fit the role.
- Self-disclosure of weakness cleans your conscience but often destroys real opportunity.