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Re: The upside of rejection

boom — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:52:00 -0000

Wow that was deep. Thank You.

Re: The upside of rejection

Bárbara Marques — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:27:18 -0000

Hi. I'm a 22yo girl, ending college, and very frustraded because I can't find a job and my classmates (most of them don't deserve it for some reason) are working at huge companies, apparently with a safe future at them. Reading this text makes me feel more calm and think that, maybe, life is doing this to me to avoid bad experiences, and really live the rest of my life. Thanks for your perspective.

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Re: The upside of rejection

BusinessGirl — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:37:21 -0000

Thank you for this post Bijan. It found me via a random StumbleUpon email... during a time that I am actually looking for jobs and have been landing interviews. About a month before reading this post, my mentality changed and I found peace in the search (while continuing to search) and I believe along the same theme: what's meant to happen, will! This was inspiring - thanks!

Re: The upside of rejection

Rcampb3422 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:12:39 -0000

So true, Robchogo!

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Rcampb3422 — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:12:14 -0000

Short and to the point. What a wonderful story and lesson. Thanks for sharing.

Denise
http://www.writemoneyinc.com

Re: The upside of rejection

Mohit Pawar — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:08:42 -0000

Bijan.. your post and Steve Jobs' line (via @robchogo ) massive. You have not faced rejection ever .. means you have never tried anything worth trying. Thanks for the gentle reminder.. keep shining.

Re: The upside of rejection

Dylan gravelle — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:02:30 -0000

That's really interesting because when I was really young, in preschool I always did mazes backwards and my teacher was fascinated by how fast I could finish them

Re: The upside of rejection

Wendy Richardson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:38:30 -0000

Everything IS always for the better. Weird, huh?

Re: The upside of rejection

David Noël — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:18:28 -0000

Reading your comment this morning, this reminded me of a song from Soundtrack of Our Lives that I'm listening to right now, thought to share this:

Couldn't find a proper version of the song, but here it is in an interesting café acoustic version:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: The upside of rejection

Nancy King — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:35:35 -0000

Just helped facilitate a free job hunting workshop. My number one rule: Be an actor. Don't take rejection personally and keep moving forward.

It amazing the life that comes from each decision either, or own, or someone else!

Re: The upside of rejection

suedensmore — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:42:49 -0000

Great post, and great perspective!

Re: The upside of rejection

Desmond Pieri — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:31:44 -0000

Like you, I wanted that big company job -- in my case, I (thought I) wanted a job in accounting at the GM factory in Framingham MA. Instead I got a job selling computers and I've been in tech ever since, the last 20 years in start ups, the last 10 years doing "interim CEO / COO work. NONE of that would have been possible with out that skinny rejection letter coming to me from GM. I'm thankful for rejection like that! Des Pieri

Re: The upside of rejection

Joanne Giesbrecht — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:26:00 -0000

Your story is inspirational for everyone as we all face rejection at one time or another. Thanks for sharing it!

Re: The upside of rejection

Tal — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:42:42 -0000

http://talatlas.com has all of my contact and resume info as well as a link to my tumblr.

I'm not sure if my linkedin is in there, I don't use it as much as I probably should. It's here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/...

I'm currently living in Colorado but have plans to move to NYC or DC in the next month or two.

Thanks so much for the offer. (and sorry for the delay been at work all day)

Re: The upside of rejection

Ed — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:24:29 -0000

Wonderful story. This should help the young to believe. [There is one related inverse though; sometimes the right dot comes through persistence. Some give up too soon, and some execs today don't realize that person knocking over and over makes them the right hire].

Charming history Bijan. Glad you were holding the map right side up :)

Re: The upside of rejection

Hannah Lloyd — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:29:08 -0000

It's funny...I'm going to be officially "old" (LOL) at the end of the month, and I just graduated from grad school and I've been wondering why the job thing hasn't been working out since I started my search over 18 months ago. I've also wondered why, when I worked as hard as I did in careers in which I was successful, my heart felt homeless.

I've considered the fact that maybe that entrepreneurial caterpillar that I attempt to appease through business planning but never completely satisfy in practice, wants to become a butterfly, and I won't find a satisfying career or even a job for the present outside of an entrepreneurial venture.

I have the plan and the know how...I just need the faith. And it is the little nudge that I get from postings like this, Bijan, that make me think I should just risk it all and do it -- I literally have nothing to lose now! :) Thank you, Bijan!

Re: The upside of rejection

bijan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:11:13 -0000

do you have a blog or linkedin account.

happy to send your contact info to a few of our portfolio companies. where
are you located?

Re: The upside of rejection

Tal — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:05:59 -0000

I'm hoping to join a tech company as a programmer or user experience designer, a small startup would be ideal.

My degrees are more research oriented but I found I don't have the patience for long term projects. I don't see myself enjoying working at companies like Raytheon or Lockeed Martin (which I could probably get a job without much difficulty).

-Tal

Re: The upside of rejection

bijan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:49:11 -0000

I'm sure.

I remember that feeling.

What are you looking to do ?

-bijan

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Re: The upside of rejection

Tal — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:38:49 -0000

Looking for my first job out of college it sure doesn't feel that way for me right now.

Re: The upside of rejection

Skunk — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:42:06 -0000

Great story bro! Inspiring. I applied for some crappy job at Compaq years ago and got rejected too. Now I'm kickin ass and takin names!

Re: The upside of rejection

vinvinkid — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:06:00 -0000

Ganun din ang aking karanasan Mr. Bijan (That's also my experience Mr. Bijan) Hindi ako nakatapos pero pero kinuha ako ng TV production company. (I didn't finished school but I was hired by a TV broadcasting company.) Salamat sa post na ito. (Thanks for this post)

Re: The upside of rejection

ilannewyork — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:22:53 -0000

Funny Bijan, because what you describe is written as is in the Torah, and is summed up in one small phrase (hebrew) : "Gamzou Le Tova", which means anything that happens in your life is for the Good. And that's a philosophy that everyone should follow, brings a lot of positivism.

Re: The upside of rejection

dean_genlighten — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:10:23 -0000

Bijan:

Sounds like NYNEX did you a big favor. I wonder how your intuition for innovative products and businesses would have been delayed in a Fortran shop. [Nothing against Fortran... it got me through grad school... just tends to foster a different mindset than you probably found at MacWorld.]