rejection over regret
concept · in 8 sources (2018–2020)
Take the chance: being turned down hurts less than never trying.
Sources by year: 2018: 7 · 2020: 1
Also known as: the sting of rejection beats the pain of regret, shoot your shot
Questions
What the videos say
The most important statements of each year; all statements.
2020
- 2020-06-12 (said on 2020-05-27, implied) · Crushes, Challenges and Irritating Habits - Q&A With My Roommate Molly — Ali says that when he makes a mistake he takes the blame, notes what he should have done differently and what to do next time, and feels no self-doubt over it. — 00:14:35
2018
- 2018-02-17 · Medicine Application - No offers? — Ali says that after a rejection the way to improve is to think your performance in that domain was not good enough, not that you are not good enough: after a failed interview, he works on his interview performance. — 00:06:57
- 2018-03-07 · Monthly Favourites #2 - Ali Abdaal — Ali thinks that the more people internalise that mistakes are good because they learn from them, the more success they can have in life. — 00:10:03
- 2018-03-21 · Q & A - 5,000 Subscribers! — recommendation: Ali says a romantic, academic or professional rejection is outside our control, so there is no point dwelling on it: treat it as a learning experience, take away a lesson and move on. — 00:10:59
- 2018-04-12 · Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — Ali says that even if you miss the university you wanted, such as Oxford, Cambridge or Imperial, you will be as happy as if you had gone there, a comforting thought that helped him cope with worrying about the future. — 00:12:09
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — recommendation: Ali: If you don't get into medicine, Ali says: apply again if you want medicine; if you don't really care, apply for something else. — 00:28:50
- 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — recommendation: Ali: To a student down about a bad OSCE history station, as his was too, Ali says feeling down only makes you feel bad: accept what you cannot change, like the serenity prayer, and move on. — 00:27:14
- 2018-05-29 · Live Stream - Hangout — recommendation: Ali: With bad grades, Ali tells himself he did his best, or reflects on why he did not, and that grades are not a reflection of him as a person and do not really matter, because no one cares what grades you get. — 00:07:51