Got a rejection, feels very bad

hi folks,

Finished my freshman year. Applied to mentorship programne. Got into a group assesment. Did well and led the whole group. But got rejected. Have nothing to do for this summer. Feels painful and sad.

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I envy your position. If I could do it all over again I'd work at a Chick-fil-a while getting my college degree and angle for a franchise opportunity. Or I'd apprentice in plumbing or as an electrician and work the business angle to start a larger firm. So many alternative routes I wish I knew about when I was 19. When I was 19 I thought people could be accountants or accountants. 

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you have much more to do than the chumps that got in. read a bunch of books and plan your next moves, etc. utilize your flexible hours.

 

I’ve gotten rejected over 1000 times. You only need 1 acceptance.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I've seen you around the site, and I've heard good things about you. It seems to me that you've got a good head on your shoulders; don't let anyone tell you that you're not good enough. Just keep trying your very hardest to show them all that you can do.

In the words of Sir Frederick Henry Royce, co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, "Strive for perfection in everything you do; take the best that exists and make it better."

If you keep cranking and trying your very hardest, you will take the best that exists and you'll show them it can be better. Godspeed, my friend, and the best of luck.

 

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