- Feedback, even when sharp, even when it stings, is a form of investment. Someone is choosing to believe you can do better. The only thing worse than being told to start over is being quietly dismissed
- Rejection, when metabolised properly, strengthens our creative reflexes. We learn to detach identity from output. We stop expecting iteration to feel like failure. We start treating it like deepening.
These stood out for me:
- Rejection isn’t a verdict. It’s a rehearsal.
- Feedback, even when sharp, even when it stings, is a form of investment. Someone is choosing to believe you can do better. The only thing worse than being told to start over is being quietly dismissed
- Rejection, when metabolised properly, strengthens our creative reflexes. We learn to detach identity from output. We stop expecting iteration to feel like failure. We start treating it like deepening.