If you're anything, you're staring at this title with hatred in your eyes saying "you don't know what you're talking about, yes it is."
You get about five more seconds of believing that. I was there, too.
You sit there waiting for the email, or the phone call about getting the position (whether it be a job, a spot on the cast list, or a spot on exec. It all feels the same), and you finally open your email and see the headline you've been looking for. Your heart lurches with a bit of anxiety, unsure of what in the world will happen once you open the email. You finally open it, and read a few lines in.
"Dear Applicant,
First of all, thank you so much for your interest in this position. Every applicant was highly qualified for this position.
We regret to inform you that you will not be chosen for this position at this time."
You feel your heart sink six feet below you. You've worked your ass off to try and get this position and you've gotten denied.
I have been put in this position too many times, and each time results in a teary eyed conversation with my mother on the verge of a breakdown and me constantly saying "I'm such a failure..." in a brokenhearted tone. Somehow, mom always replies in the perfect way to make you realize that you're about to be done feeling sorry about losing this position.
"Honey, don't let this wreck you. Let it open a million doors for you."
This is the moment where you realize you shouldn't feel bad about being denied; you should make them realize that denying you wasn't the best option. Make them realize you have so much potential that could've been put into that position. You can't help but hear your mother's voice repeating itself in your head.
"Don't you DARE let them win. Take that passion, that desire, that drive, and run with it. Apply all your positive qualities into another one of your favorite things."
Show them what they are missing out on. Show them how beneficial you could have been to their team.
You feel like the world has knocked you to the ground and you just want to lay there in your own self-pity, but this isn't the time for that. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, hold your head high, and march back into battle. You have so many qualities that make you a wonderful human being capable of taking on the world.
Sure, you can be bitter about it, but where will that get you? Being bitter will just hamper your abilities to be the best that you can be in the years to come. Who are you if you let one little trivial thing defeat you? You're just wasting your time being bitter, when you could be working on so many other wonderful things.
Pick yourself up, sweetheart. Dazzle the world with all of your wonderful qualities that could've been applied to their organization. Now, by no means do I recommend pulling away completely if you can help it, because that doesn't look good either. Go back to that organization as much as you can.
Show them that you're not scared of rejection.
Go get 'em, darling.
