Have you ever noticed that some people have an opinion about literally everything? It’s not hard to find these people. They are all over social media, and probably within your workplace, social circle, or even your family.

While it’s easy to point out how others are opinionated, it’s important to look at ourselves as well. How about you? Do you have an opinion about everything?

Here’s a tactic to keep you curious. Take a topic that you currently care about and ask yourself, “What if I had no opinion on this topic? What if could listen without judgement to all sides of this issue? What if I took a learning stance instead of an opinionated stance?”

Looking at life from this perspective will keep you humble and curious. And honestly, it’s refreshing because having an opinion about everything is exhausting.

The most successful writers are the ones who ask good questions and explore topics and situations from different angles. After all, who wants to learn from an author who seems to have everything in life figured out?

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We deal with a lot of obstacles as writers, but one of the biggest is rejection.

Rejection can come in many forms. A publisher or agent can reject your book proposal. Subscribers can reject your emails by not opening them. Followers can reject your social media posts by not liking or sharing them. Readers can reject your books by not reading or buying them. Clients can reject your services by not signing a contract or ignoring your emails.

Whatever form rejection takes… it hurts. And let’s be honest, it can hurt pretty badly. Some writers never recover from it. So how can we deal with it?

J. K. Rowling offers some great advice. She said, “Resilience and humility. These go hand-in-hand, because rejection and criticism are part of a writer’s life. Informed feedback is useful and necessary, but some of the greatest writers were rejected multiple times.”

So, the next time you’re rejected, remember that all professionals get rejected sometimes. Nobody has 100% batting average. Even major league baseball players only get a hit about one-third of the time.

So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and keep going. Professionals not only get rejected, they also never give up.

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