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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 15817" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>Rejection sucks, there is no doubt about it.</p><p></p><p>But it is something every lawyer should get “resilient” to, especially as a commercial lawyer. There are going to be regular occurrences where you are going to be rejected as a lawyer. It might be your team doesn’t win a new client after a pitch, it may be that the case in a court doesn’t go in your clients favour, it may be that your work your backside off to pull together an M&A deal for your client only for it to collapse over the most insignificant of details. It will also happen more personally - your going to get told regularly your work needs more work to it, you will get passed up for working on a matter, you won’t get your secondment/seat choice, your bonus won’t be as high as you thought it should/would be.</p><p></p><p>You’ve got to start backing yourself, even in the face of the rejection. I get this isn’t always easy - I’ve had about a week and a half of serious “imposter” syndrome for no real reason apart from being tired, and your own self doubt can really impact your ability to focus and get things done.</p><p></p><p>Please feel free to rant about it on here though - one it can be slightly therapeutic to get it off your chest, and two you’ll find most people have felt exactly like you at some point (or regular points).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 15817, member: 2672"] Rejection sucks, there is no doubt about it. But it is something every lawyer should get “resilient” to, especially as a commercial lawyer. There are going to be regular occurrences where you are going to be rejected as a lawyer. It might be your team doesn’t win a new client after a pitch, it may be that the case in a court doesn’t go in your clients favour, it may be that your work your backside off to pull together an M&A deal for your client only for it to collapse over the most insignificant of details. It will also happen more personally - your going to get told regularly your work needs more work to it, you will get passed up for working on a matter, you won’t get your secondment/seat choice, your bonus won’t be as high as you thought it should/would be. You’ve got to start backing yourself, even in the face of the rejection. I get this isn’t always easy - I’ve had about a week and a half of serious “imposter” syndrome for no real reason apart from being tired, and your own self doubt can really impact your ability to focus and get things done. Please feel free to rant about it on here though - one it can be slightly therapeutic to get it off your chest, and two you’ll find most people have felt exactly like you at some point (or regular points). [/QUOTE]
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