Gifted Underachievers
Gifted Underachievers
Managing Constant Rejection
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Managing Constant Rejection

Pat and James talk about how the small successes pull them through creative careers filled with rejection.

Creative work is the art of managing constant rejection. In this episode, Pat and James discuss what compels us to continue putting one foot in front of the other.

What we’d like to know (please answer in the comments):

1.     What keeps you going when one rejection piles up on another?

2.     Have you ever rejected another artist?

3.     What external challenges do you face? An elderly parent? Young kids? A doubting partner?

4.     Drowning your sorrows: weed or alcohol?

Links of Interest:

1.     Emily Dickinson Poem: Hope is the Thing with Feathers.

2.     Edward Gorey.

3.     Edward Gorey House.

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