How to Deal with Rejection and Move Closer to Your Goals
No matter how you try to deny it, rejection stings every time. Sometimes it hurts more than we expect it to hurt. Rejection happens all the time especially in the professional cheerleading space when candidates don’t make a team.
If you are experiencing this right now, I’m here to tell you that you should never take rejection personally. There are too many audition applicants and not enough spots on a team! But know that your journey doesn’t end unless you choose it to.
Today, I’m giving you some effective tips on how to deal with direction. Following these pieces of advice will increase your chances of making it in the future. Ready?
Understand that everyone has a unique set of tastes and preferences.
The biggest reason why you should never take rejection personally is this: You just cannot please everyone. Good, bad, and the worst comments about you only mean that people have their own opinions. What might look great to you may have the opposite effect on others. Learn to accept the fact that it’s unavoidable.
You are capable of reinventing yourself!
You are a work in progress - that is the absolute truth. You can become a totally different person or a much better version of yourself. There’s no need to bring your past into the present but you should learn from it. If you lagged behind in terms of dance skill, you have many opportunities to get better! Take up a dance class. Practice every single day.
If you made it to the final round, I advise you to seek feedback from the team director one to two weeks after the audition. Email the director and attach a copy of your application and your photo. Ask if she would be willing to give out pointers that can help you for next year’s auditions. Be appreciative of her time.
Master the art of mindfulness.
Mindfulness is about being fully aware of the present moment - your actual experience, thoughts, and feelings. Mindfulness helps you focus on the NOW rather than on the PAST. I loved what Eckhart Tolle says about the present moment - that we should make peace with it. Negativity arises when we dwell on the past.
Try if you have to, again and again.
You can fail dozens of times but you can rise again. Some women who haven’t made a team the first time or twice in a row would rather not try again. Trying once more is a personal choice. That choice whether to go for it whatever it takes depends on the meaning that’s attached to a goal.
It always helps to ask yourself WHY you want to become a professional leader. What will you gain? One of the greatest realizations I gained is that life is short but also long. Too short to do nothing about your pro cheer dreams, and long enough that you can always try again. The first try doesn’t have to be the last.
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