How I Handled Being Rejected By My First Choice Major
After a rejection email from the communication department, I spent three months in bed, unable to do anything but binge-watch Gilmore Girls...
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The Power of Failure: How I Learned to Stop Caring So Much
Don’t get me wrong: aim high, shoot for the stars, do the exceptional- but be aware of why you’re doing it.
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Growing up as a Child of Immigrants: The Burden of Success
“So, are you going to be a doctor, engineer or lawyer?”
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Celebrate the Losses With the Wins
It's great to celebrate a good week, but don't forget to take care of yourself during the bad ones too.
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Black Girl Nightmare: The Fear of Failure
Despite the many societal, environmental and cultural issues most African-American women encounter as young adolescents, the ideas of...
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Failure Is Not an Option… Until It’s Your Only Option
So I had my first job interview the other day. All I can say is… yikes. Well, it really wasn’t all that bad, but there was definitely a...
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Doubting Myself as a Writer
A glimpse into my life as I doubt my ability to write.
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Fearing Failure
No one loves to fail. However, fearing failure can be more detrimental than failing itself.
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Perfectionism Is Painful, but Losing Control Is Harder
Being perfect is unrealistic, unattainable and unsatisfying. And yet, we still try.
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Why You Need to Fail to Succeed
In the wise words of Hannah Montana, “Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has those days.” She’s right, we all do! I’m not going to sit...
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How to Deal with Failure
In our highly-competitive culture, it can feel like you’re constantly failing. You may have failed a quiz. You may have gotten rejected...
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Shake it off.. Step up
In life, failure can be the new name we didn’t know we adopted. There is no such thing as getting it right every time, getting that job...
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Happy Failing
Why your so-called “failures” should never cloud your success.
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5 Post-Graduation Tips For For People At Every Stage Of Their College Career
It's a nerve-wracking time.
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How I Dealt With Rejections
In my second year at university, I struggled to get involved and become an executive member of an association. In Concordia University,...
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Rejection & How to Overcome It
Rejection is tough, but here's how I overcame it .
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The Reality of Dealing With Imposter Syndrome
When you begin college for the first time, a number of emotions will circulate through your mind. People will tell you about all the great...
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The Maze of Dr. Cherie E. Bond’s Life
There’s always room for error.
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Falling Forward
It’s everyone’s favorite time of the semester — after the first wave of holiday bliss has passed, and the libraries are filled to the brim with students praying to any deity that will listen. Midterm Season. All I hear around campus at this time is “I’m going to fail.”Even I am drawn into the madness that the fear of failure brings. I found myself lying in my dorm room shaking from fear — the fear that I was going to amount to nothing.
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The Importance of Failure
Failure is a reminder to get back up and try again!
