Experiencing rejection in small doses can help develop our capacity for resilience.
Experiencing rejection in small doses can help develop our capacity for resilience. But constant, continual rejections may cause psychological problems, such as less resilience. Constant rejection can weaken our ability to persevere, leading to a decrease in our mental and physical health. This course will teach you how to overcome rejection by discussing techniques for maintaining your resilience and perseverance.
Stress can come from internal and external sources. It’s natural to want to create work that is professional, error-free, and done with care. But trying to achieve too much can lead to perfectionism and self-imposed stress. Plus, many uncomfortable situations can come from anywhere, including your coworkers or superiors. With this many possible sources of stress, how can we deal with it using our resilience and perseverance? This course will help you learn how to improve your resilience in the workplace by examining how perfectionism and uncomfortable situations can negatively affect your well-being.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to respond to rejection
- Learn how to face uncomfortable situations
- Overcome perfectionism
- Deal with work stress
What You'll Learn
- Respond to rejection in the workplace while maintaining resilience and perseverance
- Face uncomfortable situations that arise from coworkers or superiors
- Overcome perfectionism and the self-imposed stress it creates
- Deal with work stress that comes from both internal and external sources
- Build your capacity for resilience to protect your mental and physical health
Key Takeaways
- Experiencing rejection in small doses can help develop our capacity for resilience, but constant, continual rejection may cause psychological problems such as less resilience.
- Constant rejection can weaken our ability to persevere, leading to a decrease in our mental and physical health.
- Stress can come from internal and external sources, and trying to achieve too much can lead to perfectionism and self-imposed stress.
- Uncomfortable situations can come from anywhere, including coworkers or superiors.
- Improving resilience in the workplace involves examining how perfectionism and uncomfortable situations can negatively affect your well-being.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will this course teach me?
This course teaches you how to overcome rejection by discussing techniques for maintaining your resilience and perseverance, and how to improve your resilience in the workplace by examining how perfectionism and uncomfortable situations can negatively affect your well-being.
What topics are covered in this course?
The course covers responding to rejection, facing uncomfortable situations, overcoming perfectionism, and dealing with work stress, along with an introduction and a Test Your Knowledge section.
Why is building resilience important according to this course?
Constant rejection can weaken our ability to persevere, leading to a decrease in our mental and physical health, so maintaining resilience and perseverance helps protect your well-being at work.
Where can workplace stress come from according to this course?
The course explains that stress can come from internal and external sources, including the perfectionism of trying to achieve too much and uncomfortable situations involving coworkers or superiors.
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Part of facing an uncomfortable situation at work is acknowledging how it makes you feel. So how do you face rejection or perfectionism in the workplace? Identify common sources of stress, and learn how rejection and perfectionism can impact your resilience at work in our course, Facing Challenges in the Workplace. This course will help you learn how to overcome rejection by discussing techniques for maintaining resilience, improve resilience in the workplace, by examining how perfectionism and uncomfortable situations negatively affect our wellbeing and manage high stress situations by identifying how stress and resilience are related. Learn how to identify and address your stressors directly with our course, Facing Challenges in the workplace.
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