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When you get rejected, whether it is from a passed promotion or failing to get your dream job, you feel miserable. You want to build a fort around you with the covers from your bed and cry, stare blankly at the wall, or eat a quart of ice cream. It happens to the best of us. But there are ways to manage your rejection so you don’t waste days or weeks hanging your head in grief.

After you experience rejection in the workplace or on the job hunt, learn how to increase your performance. It’s like thinking angry thoughts to keep your drive going while working out. You can’t let “them” win. Whether it is a boss, hiring manager or co-worker you can’t let them get the best of you. The worst thing you can do when you are rejected is to reduce your skills and work ethic. Rejection should drive you to work even harder.

Make sure you are disappointed in your performance and not in yourself. You can always improve on your actions or your words and provide a better performance next time. Take a step back and evaluate yourself. You know if you have been slacking or not taking your job as seriously as you should be. Improve on the areas that you find yourself weakest in. Just remember that getting rejected is only one strike against you. You can and will have many more strikes during your career lifetime. Believe in yourself and pick yourself back up after the rejection bee stings.