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and to close out the show today with something completely different, although maybe not if you just applied to college, it's calls on the upside of rejection. The upside of rejection. Why? Well, it's because of a recent article in Vox titled, You Should Be Setting Rejection Goals by Jillian Anthony. She believes that although

we all have an ingrained fear of rejection, quote, getting your dreams crushed can be surprisingly

good for you. So who has a story about rejection, the upside of rejection? What positive role has rejection played in your life?

212-433 W-N-YC, 212-433-9692. Who has an upside of rejection story? Last year, this voxwriter Jillian Anthony actually set out to be rejected as much as she could.

What? She and 15 other people set out to get rejected as many times as possible through the month of

November, cheekily titling the project, No November. The idea was that you need to open yourself to a lot of

noes in order to get a few big yeses. So in her case, as a journalist, she focused on getting

nose when pitching articles for her work. She found that, quote, shifting attention to rejection

rather than success made her work feel so much easier,

rather than being a perfectionist, suddenly getting a no was worth celebrating. Is this having any

resonance with you, listeners? Have you ever actually set out to be rejected? Maybe we won't get

any calls like that, but this boxwriter

did in order to pursue a better version of herself. Or maybe by being rejected professionally,

maybe in love, maybe in some other way, you learn something about yourself or you learn something about others that help you not

to get rejected in the future.

Who is an upside of rejection story inspired by this Fox article?

212-433 W-NYC, 212, 433-9-692.

You know, last month we took some calls on growing stronger thanks to your nemesis.

Hello, Drake.

And in a similar vein, maybe a rejection caused you to strive in life in order to prove

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