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Reflect on what you really want

Once you acknowledge, label, and validate your emotions, let them guide you to explore the motivations and fears driving them.

Think about what these rejections mean to you. While this self-reflection will not be an easy task, working through your feelings and understanding what really matters to you will inform what you do next. 

For instance, you may find that you feel jealous of your friend’s opportunity to learn new things, maybe more than the fact that they got into a top school. The former is something you have control over.

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Feel your emotions

Allow yourself to experience your envy fully, process it, and work through it. Begin by naming your feelings.

  • Envy can be accompanied by embarrassment, disappointment, sadness, anger, or regret — so be as specific as possible. The goal here is to p...

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Understand envy

Understand envy

Not all envy is bad. There is healthy envy (applauding envy) and unhealthy envy (resenting envy.)

  • Resenting envy refers to the tendency to believe that others shouldn’t have something just because we don’t have it. It’s rooted in fear. We may start to believe that for ...

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How to understand what you really want

In order to understand what you really want, you need to be able to sit with yourself and journal.

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What, when I think about it, makes me feel excited, fulfilled, and at peace?

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Focus on what you really want

If you have a dream:

  • What does it look like? 
  • What are you doing in your dream? 
  • How are you living? 
  • Who is in the dream with you? 
  • What does a typical day look like?

These questions will help you define wh...

Overemphasizing what you want

Show a company what you can do for them. Don't put too much emphasis on what you want.

For instance, when asked "Why do you want to work here?", don't start with "I want to grow..." They really want to know how will you contribute to their business. Reframe your answer and use...

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