Jamie Kern Lima

So when I would get painful rejections, even when they stung, I would intentionally decide to pull from a toolbox of meanings that I had created that would empower me instead of make me feel defeated. Meanings that I believe to this day are true of rejection and failure. And here's a few in case you want to add them to your toolbox today too. I believe rejection does not mean I failed.

So when I would get painful rejections, even when they stung, I would intentionally decide to pull from a toolbox of meanings that I had created that would empower me instead of make me feel defeated. Meanings that I believe to this day are true of rejection and failure. And here's a few in case you want to add them to your toolbox today too. I believe rejection does not mean I failed.

It means I'm victorious because I'm one of the brave ones willing to go for it. And so are you. Rejection is redirection. Another one is it's happening, just not yet. I host a podcast called The Jamie Kern Lima Show. And by the way, the first guest I had on my show was Oprah. She did her first ever three-hour interview in her career, still processing that.

It means I'm victorious because I'm one of the brave ones willing to go for it. And so are you. Rejection is redirection. Another one is it's happening, just not yet. I host a podcast called The Jamie Kern Lima Show. And by the way, the first guest I had on my show was Oprah. She did her first ever three-hour interview in her career, still processing that.

And I love the podcast because there are so many great life lessons that guests have shared on the show that I've then added to my toolbox. I think about them daily. One of them that I want to share today is from the interview I did recently with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, where she talked about the power of adding the word yet to the end of sentences.

And I love the podcast because there are so many great life lessons that guests have shared on the show that I've then added to my toolbox. I think about them daily. One of them that I want to share today is from the interview I did recently with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, where she talked about the power of adding the word yet to the end of sentences.

Instead of saying, I got rejected and didn't get the job, say, I didn't get the job yet. I haven't gotten my book published yet. My idea or my art or business hasn't gotten traction yet. And this next definition

Instead of saying, I got rejected and didn't get the job, say, I didn't get the job yet. I haven't gotten my book published yet. My idea or my art or business hasn't gotten traction yet. And this next definition

is one of my all-time favorites, because I believe this is a universal truth, no matter if you practice any particular faith or not, but if you have had that person who said the most painful thing to you, or maybe the job you thought you wanted says, no, you're not the right fit, Maybe that person pulled the rug out from underneath you and betrayed your trust.

is one of my all-time favorites, because I believe this is a universal truth, no matter if you practice any particular faith or not, but if you have had that person who said the most painful thing to you, or maybe the job you thought you wanted says, no, you're not the right fit, Maybe that person pulled the rug out from underneath you and betrayed your trust.

This applies to all kinds of rejections. When that happens to me, and it happens to all of us, I pull this definition from the toolbox. Rejection is God's protection. You could say rejection's the universe's protection. See, I believe your creator will block your value from people who are not assigned to your destiny. And this belief helps me never take rejection personally.

This applies to all kinds of rejections. When that happens to me, and it happens to all of us, I pull this definition from the toolbox. Rejection is God's protection. You could say rejection's the universe's protection. See, I believe your creator will block your value from people who are not assigned to your destiny. And this belief helps me never take rejection personally.

And when you don't take rejection or failures personally, it becomes a whole lot easier to dare to fail. In my journey, eventually after enough no's, after enough nights wondering if we would make it, after enough rejections to wallpaper my entire apartment, I kept getting back up every time I got knocked down and we kept going and we kept growing.

And when you don't take rejection or failures personally, it becomes a whole lot easier to dare to fail. In my journey, eventually after enough no's, after enough nights wondering if we would make it, after enough rejections to wallpaper my entire apartment, I kept getting back up every time I got knocked down and we kept going and we kept growing.

And in 2016, L'Oreal, the biggest beauty company in the entire world, knew we had created something unlike what other people were doing.

And in 2016, L'Oreal, the biggest beauty company in the entire world, knew we had created something unlike what other people were doing.

I was told over and over would never work had become one of the largest beauty companies in the country and in 2016 L'Oreal paid 1.2 billion dollars cash to buy the company I started in my living room and they made me the first woman to hold a CEO title of any brand in their hundred plus year history so I went I went from waitressing at Denny's, and I love that job, by the way.

I was told over and over would never work had become one of the largest beauty companies in the country and in 2016 L'Oreal paid 1.2 billion dollars cash to buy the company I started in my living room and they made me the first woman to hold a CEO title of any brand in their hundred plus year history so I went I went from waitressing at Denny's, and I love that job, by the way.

I actually celebrate there all the time to this day. But I went from waitressing with a big dream and a whole lot of self-doubt to CEO of leading a billion dollar company. I don't care how many no's you get. The key is to never let anyone else's doubt about you turn into doubt in your own head. Their doubt doesn't get to define your destiny. Anyone else's no doesn't get to define your yes.

I actually celebrate there all the time to this day. But I went from waitressing with a big dream and a whole lot of self-doubt to CEO of leading a billion dollar company. I don't care how many no's you get. The key is to never let anyone else's doubt about you turn into doubt in your own head. Their doubt doesn't get to define your destiny. Anyone else's no doesn't get to define your yes.