Attachment style is influenced by early environmental experiences with your caregivers. If you felt like your needs were not consistently met, felt unsafe, or as if you couldn’t count on support from ...

The fear of rejection can easily overpower you, making you feel alone and inadequate. Everyone feels that way sometimes, but those who are resilient find strength in the connection with someone they ...

Evolutionarily we were not meant to exist in isolation. Inside, each of us has an innate fear of not being accepted or having our contribution shunned by the community we feel the strongest resonance ...

Maybe I'm nuts but I don't mind rejection much. I know it's normal to get rejected 10, 20, 40 times before I may need to get the message I'm barking up the wrong tree. I developed my thick skin from ...

I hate the thought of being rejected. I didn’t go on my first date until I was seventeen, and that only happened because she asked me out. For years I had thought about writing my own book, but only ...

In any part of life, rejection can be painful. For entrepreneurs, rejection can be a surprising and painful blow. In fact, in my own experiences with entrepreneurs, I’ve seen that the ability to be ...

The fear of rejection -- familiar to many children and adults -- can significantly impact how kids behave in their peer groups, according to new research. Imagine you're a child in a classroom, and ...

Saying “no” at work can be a scary thing to do for many professionals, and this fear is often driven by concerns about disappointing others or missing out on future opportunities. Overcoming FOSN—or a ...

Many seasoned agents learn how to get over their fear of calling prospects because they know that calling these folks is one of the most important steps they can take in their client-acquisition ...

The degree to which discomfort, apprehension, anxiety, or fear can manifest and cause impact will vary between individuals and in relation to different kinds of struggles or scenarios. Plus, having ...

Entrepreneurial guru Patrick Bet David tells a story so painfully bewildering I can hardly believe it’s true. Several years ago, a heavy manila envelope arrived in the office mail. Inside was a thin ...