Is there a way to tweak my personal psychology so that I perceive failure and rejection as neutral or even positive, rather than negative, events?
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posted by freshwater_pr0n
on Sep 28, 2009 -
23 answers
I applied for a job that I had absolutely the right criteria for, but I've been rejected before the interview stage. Is it worth following it up, and trying to get an interview, or should I just let it go?
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posted by hnnrs
on Sep 23, 2009 -
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I was rejected pretty kindly, we are being friends, and we're hanging out an awful, awful lot. Please help me get some perspective.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 6, 2009 -
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I hooked up with an old friend who I had very long standing crush on, I'm pretty confident I'm being rejected, but his behavior during and after is still making my head spin and I would really like to understand his behavior more so that I can move on.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 27, 2008 -
29 answers
How many times do people typically make it to the "finalist" round before they land a job?
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posted by anastasiav
on Oct 9, 2008 -
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I just got rejected by a girl whom I was certain had wanted me to make a move. I am very confused now. If anyone wants to venture a guess as to what happened I would appreciate it. Long story after the jump.
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posted by thescientificmethhead
on Aug 18, 2008 -
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I feel like I'm going through a breakup - only it isn't with a person, it's with an intangible thing. I know intellectually that I'll get better, but it's just been the first few days and I'm hurting so much. How do I heal?
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posted by divabat
on Jul 1, 2008 -
13 answers
How to nicely but firmly tell someone I am completely and totally uninterested romantically and at this point, pretty averse to friendship, too?
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posted by Phire
on Jun 16, 2008 -
27 answers
What are some audacious things that people have done to convince someone of their goal/cause/opinion or change their mind - and succeed?
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posted by divabat
on Mar 27, 2008 -
17 answers
What's better/less worse: Telling someone now that they didn't get a job, or leaving him/her hanging until after the holidays? I want to do the humane thing here.
posted by Sweetie Darling
on Dec 19, 2007 -
37 answers
How do I gain rapport with people? (or, should I ditch if I'm being ditched?)
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posted by mpls2
on Jul 14, 2007 -
24 answers
Okay, this is an enormous issue and I'm not finding any resources out there for help.
I recently found my son's biological father. My son is 26.
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posted by nurse4kitties
on Apr 12, 2007 -
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Does anyone have an experience appealing an admission decision by a university? I recently applied as a transfer student to a private university in California and was rejected. I'm putting together an appeal now and I was wondering if anyone had any tips or advice from first hand experience.
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posted by petah
on Jul 22, 2006 -
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My two-year-old niece doesn't like guys anymore. That wouldn't be such a big deal, but she also rejects her dad, which makes him sad. My sister wants to know, what can be done?
I remember reading an AskMe about ways to cope with a kid who prefers one parent over the other, but I couldn't find it (and I looked pretty hard).
posted by Turtle
on Dec 22, 2004 -
12 answers
"I think of you.. more as a friend." A girl I really, really (seriously) 'like' sprung that one on me yesterday. Her explanation was rather strange in general: apparently I'd make a great boyfriend, but she'd make a lousy girlfriend, and she's saving me from myself. Is this low self-esteem, or plain lies, or what? And what the heck should I do about the whole thing?
posted by anonymous
on Oct 13, 2004 -
55 answers
SpamFilter: The last week or two I've been getting the strangest spam, real spam with a wide variety of (normal for spam) message content, that is addressed to some imaginary address at a domain I own, but is posed as a rejection message from the intended recipient's domain. Anyone else who owns a domain having this experience?
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posted by billsaysthis
on Sep 10, 2004 -
6 answers
