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Overcoming a fear of REJECTION

Did you know that even Walt Disney was fired once for lacking imagination? If we put ourselves out there, we are guaranteed to be judged and we’ll get rejected.

In 2018, I had a New Year’s resolution of having 100 lunches with 100 strangers to overcome my shyness. As an immigrant, English is not my first language. I lacked confidence. When I first started my journey, 90 per cent of the lunch invites I sent got either rejected or ignored.

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