Rejection happens to every academic. Papers are not published, grants are not funded, proposals are rejected, and jobs are not achieved. Most academics have many times more rejections than successes.

Dating and meeting new people can be a challenging process. Some people have had specific negative and punishing experiences with dating. Others are trying to work through and reduce their anxiety ...

Hearing no the first time, I laughed. I heard the lore. A rite of passage is what it’s considered to be. I knew because the writers before me had written articles and essays, they had quipped about ...

Looking for a new job, getting rejected or applying and not hearing anything back can do a number on your confidence – which can make your job search even harder. Scores of people in the D.C. area and ...

There is a common misperception that entrepreneurs are people who love risk, readily taking it on and tolerating it better than the average person. But for me, entrepreneurship was never about taking ...

There are certain things in life no one should ever go through; one of those is parental rejection. This is a deeply painful experience that can cast a long shadow over an individual's psychological ...

If you’ve ever auditioned for a play or musical, you probably know what it feels like to hope for a part and then not get it. Recently, I auditioned for a production of The Yellow Wallpaper at my ...

Has a romantic partner, or someone you had a crush on, ever hurt your feelings? You're far from alone. Very few people can boast a 100% success rate when it comes to attracting love interests. And ...

So, your patent application got rejected. Now what? In this month’s episode of Patently Strategic, we’re talking about rejection. Specifically, the type that comes from the patent office in the form ...