Stage 6 · Lesson 6 of 6

Where to go next

Setbacks, rejection and keeping your confidence

Confidence connects to other life skills. If you want to understand what you value and what you actually want, rather than what others expect, try Knowing yourself at /roadmaps/self-awareness/. If speaking is your main challenge, Speaking and being heard at /roadmaps/speaking-up/ goes further on presenting and networking.

If rejections and setbacks have hit hard, Handling rejection and setbacks at /roadmaps/rejection-setbacks/ goes deeper. If family pressure shapes your doubts, see Family expectations and your own path. If doubt has turned into persistent low mood, the mental health roadmap at /roadmaps/mental-health/ explains how to get help. Pick the one that matches your biggest challenge right now.

Common trapstarting all of them at once; choose one and finish it.

A question to check yourself come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it

Resources for this stage

Start with· follow one of these

VideoFree
What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection (Jia Jiang, TEDxMtHood)
Jia Jiang (TEDxMtHood)
What 100 days of seeking rejection taught one person about fear and asking
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Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid (Guy Winch, TEDxLinnaeusUniversity)
Guy Winch (TEDxLinnaeusUniversity)
Why rejection and failure hurt, and how to stop them shrinking your confidence

Practise

Meetup
Find local groups where you can practise speaking, helping and meeting new people

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Struggling right now? If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, contact local emergency services or a crisis line: Find a helpline (any country), Umang (Pakistan), Tele-MANAS, 14416 (India).