A Lesson in moving on from REJECTION/FAILURE

Sniper2k

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Hey fellow DJs. I hope this post will give hope to all who just can't stand the thought or experience of rejection/failure.

I was talking to my father about my personal issues, specifically regarding my tendancy to give up or not even try at attempting to approach a girl because of my constant fear of rejection/failure. To help me out he let me in on his idea of rejection/failure. I would like to share it with you:

My dad loves the Discovery Channel/Animal Planet/etc., especially the shows that display wild cats, such as lions, cheetahs, tigers, and leopards hunting and catching their unfortunate prey. These cats go after their prey RELENTLESSLY and once they catch their prey they show absolutely NO MERCY. They don't make excuses or cry like a baby for not catching their prey because the other predators won't give a f*ck, they must not give up so easily or else they'll go hungry. The fact remains that the predators MUST catch their prey or else they will starve. They are fighting for their survival, so they concentrate all their time and effort on getting the job done no matter what. There is no way around it; they either catch their prey or they die, period.

The funny thing about those wildlife shows is that they only show the successful hunt and kill. They do not show the numerous times that the predators have tried again, and again, and AGAIN and utterly failed to catch the damn prey that is so f*cking good at avoiding getting caught.

If the predator was to give up on its 1st try, it would soon regret it when it is slowly dying from an empty stomach. That is why the predators try again, and again, COUNTLESS times even, to get what they want. The hunt is vital to them because they need the food to survive. Since it is such an important part of their lives, they make sure that nothing stands in their way, not even failure. THAT is why they eventually succeed.

They succeed because with each attempt they take, they grow stronger and smarter. As these predators gain experience, they soon learn how to catch their prey using minimal effort on their part because they've done it hundreds, THOUSANDS of times before. Catching their prey is now as easy as catching a cold, and this is due to the fact that they were persistant and perservered even though they previously met failure after failure.

The failures that these predators experienced were LESSONS in disguise. Every failure taught them something they could use on the next hunt. (example: The prey was fast, the predator learned to become faster. The prey was alert, the predator learned to sneak up on it more cautiously. The prey was exceptionally strong, the predator found its weaknesses and beat the motherf*cker down, etc.)

The predators don't have time to fear, show mercy, or hestitate. If they do, another predator will catch the prey they gave up on or they will die from starvation. It's really that simple.

FELLOW DJs, the point is that no matter how much you fail or get rejected, under no circumstances are you to give up. Each rejection/failure will teach you what you need to be doing in order to be successful on your next try. The most important thing you do is take action and learn. Do not worry about rejection/failure, because it WILL happen. Trust me, every great man was once a great failure, but through the years he gained the skills, experience, developed his talents, and learned how to achieve victory by learning from what went wrong in his defeats.

When you take up a challenge such as approaching a girl and you get rejected, DO NOT become sore over the loss. Find out what you did wrong and better yourself for the next sexy biatch that you find appealing. You must train youself to become immune to the feelings of self-pity and discouragement. Remember, there's an infinite number of tastier prey out there and the hunt must go on.

In short: Learn from your mistakes you idiots. :D
 

JiGGhaMan

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True...I got rejected by two chicks today. Heh. The second one was a b*tch. I've noticed something though, pretty chicks are much nicer than ugly chicks. Both of the chicks were 5s.

Ima keep on approaching.
 
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I get rejected far more than I get a girl. Many girls like being hit on (50-75% in my estimate) but most will not give me contact info. Either I suck at it or this is how it is by and large. Either way, those women are not the goal, they are risks you have to overcome to get to the goal. I have met some really great women by approaching, and it was my intent and goal to find those women. It was not my intent to get rejected, I just accepted that as a side effect of finding the good ones who like me back.

Just remember that your goal isn't to make everyone love you, it is to weed out the diamonds in the rough who like you back and whose personalities you like. When you get a car/house/job you don't get disappointed that 100% aren't great, you research and study until you find the good ones and realize that you have to wade through alot of others to get to them. Same thing with most areas of life including this.

I don't find the attitude the rejection is a temporary thing that you will eventually become smart/suave/desirable enough to not have to face anymore to be healthy though. Maybe its just me, but I expect to get rejected far more than I expect to make a catch for as long as I do this, no matter how good I get at it I expect to be rejected alot (80-90% of the time). Maybe its just me and maybe I really am bad at it but even if I am I still pull now and again, which is better than nothing. I figure only one out of 5 or 10 women will like me back and be single, and only one out of five of them will be the types of women i'd want to date. But that is only one out of 25 women, I pass by 25 women in under 5 minutes most days of the week. Think of all the great women i'd never get to meet if I looked at it like my goal was to make everyone love me.

JiGGhaMan - odd, same here. I have hit on ugly women and they are rude and freeze up. I guess either they aren't used to being hit on, they think you are making fun of them or they think you are out for a quick lay and they get defensive. But yea, in my experience attractive women are alot nicer than ugly ones.
 

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Now that I think of what Sniper2k said, it makes a lot more sense. I can't say it in words but I can understand it in my mind.

Thanks a lot!
 

LostbutFound

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Yeah bro. I can say that its no big deal, but ill be honest, I still dont go up to a majority of girls because Im scared of being rejected. My friends that are girls say im retarded cause Im good looking enough not to worry, but i still wont do it.

sometimes i think its just a mood you gotta be in. sometimes i go out and im just like, i dont give a sh*t about anything and ill go up to someone. those times if i get rejected, i dont care. but thats rare that im in those moods.

Just think of it this way. Their loss, tough luck.
 
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