Dealing with Rejection Honestly: Lessons from a Tough Week and a Call for Advice

·Mar 13, 2026 02:51 PM·

Hey friends, sharing this week's Support Human feature. I got a no on something I really wanted this week and wrote about it honestly instead of pretending I immediately found the lesson in it. It includes a 10-item list of things I genuinely hate about rejection, an anti-rant about toxic positivity LinkedIn posts (of course), and a sincere request for advice at the end because I clearly don't handle this stuff well. If you're in a rough patch too (and who isn't, lately), maybe it'll make you feel a little less alone. supporthuman.cx/p/bad-time-zoo

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jared
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I can relate to many of those feelings. A conversation with a coworker yesterday led to me realizing this: In Support, we get small wins all the time. Potentially many per day. You might grind for a while on a particularly difficult issue, sometimes for up to weeks, but you get there. Most take far less time than weeks. Time between successes is usually measured in hours or days. In warehouse equipment Sales (and others I'm sure too), you grind and grind for weeks/months/more hoping for the big sale. You may spend all year to get the one big sale that makes it all worthwhile. Time between successes is measured in months or more. A mental shift is needed to expand the timeframe in "X successful activities in Y timeframe to feel like I made a difference". It's simple, but not easy (at least for me). Thank you for letting me borrow your therapy couch. I'm getting up now and getting a snack. Can I get you anything while I'm up?
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Steph Lundberg
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This is so insightful, and I feel all of it. Thank you for sharing! (And I'll take anything chocolate if you've got it 😂)
Coach Rios
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This was one of my favorite of your newsletters……I read it twice. You continue to inspire me….. 🤜🏼🤛🏼
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Steph Lundberg
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Aw, thank you Rios, that means a lot!

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