Shopify merchant Rachel Thompson

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Remind yourself that you’re supported: Dr. Winch suggests, in the wake of rejection, surround yourself with the people who do support you:

“Let’s remind you of the people who value you, who love you, who enjoy you, who think you are fun. Reinstate that right away. As soon as possible. And that is a very important thing to do, in terms of rejection.”

6. Grow a thick skin: the idiom “practice makes perfect” also applies to taking rejection. “I started selling cars at a really, really young age,” Michael tells me, “You deal with rejection a tremendous amount when you’re selling cars. You help five hundred customers a month, maybe you sell ten to fifteen cars? I was used to a lot of no’s.”

Used her past career to help cope with rejection when she founded Hampton’s Glow:

“Selling websites door to door was pretty much one of the iran phone data scariest things I had ever done at the time since I was really shy. Having had that experience made me pretty fearless about cold calling current sales accounts and bouncing right back to the next one after a rejection. It also helped me when sourcing packaging. Many suppliers don’t want to work with smaller quantities so I heard many, many no’s before finding one who would work with me. I never once got discouraged and never thought ‘I can’t make this happen’ – I just continued to press on.”

7. Don’t Reject Yourself: remember that when pursuing your dream, the opinion that matters most is your own. “You can’t be rejected if you don’t reject yourself,” says Mastin Kipp, Entrepreneur and Author of Daily Love.

Ultimately, even the most successful entrepreneurs have experienced the pain of rejection. But those who refuse to take no for an answer eventually won’t have to.