Be active — social connections can improve health, extend lifespan, and enhance your overall sense of well-being. When rejection occurs, take initiative, show you can handle difficulties, and lean in.

After they got rejected from about 10 roles, the entire tech industry was besieged by mass layoffs in 2022, leaving Em even more dispirited. "It was just another pathway to shit," they recall ...

Learning that students with a 4.0 GPA, perfect test scores, and an array of impressive extracurriculars were rejected from the Ivy League often serves as a wake-up call for many younger students.