Eddie Pinero
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❌ Crushed by rejection? Read this.

❌ Crushed by rejection? Read this.

Rejection isn’t the end, it’s the beginning of everything worth building.

August 06, 2025

Let’s talk about something nobody likes to talk about.

The email that never came.The opportunity that slipped away.The video that fell flat after you stayed up all night perfecting it. The silence that follows your most honest, vulnerable work.

I’ve felt that silence.

I’ve uploaded things I believed in with every ounce of me. Hit publish… and watched them go nowhere.

And man, it’s easy in those moments to internalize it. To make it mean something about you. Maybe you’re not good enough. Maybe you missed your shot. Maybe you were never supposed to try in the first place.

Here’s the truth: Rejection isn’t about you.

It’s a moment. It’s a speed bump. It’s feedback. It’s part of the process.

The silence? That’s the space where most people quit. But not you. Because if you want to build something real, something meaningful, you have to learn to keep showing up… even when it echoes.

Every single person you admire has been here. I’ve been here.

Waiting. Wondering. Doubting.

And what kept me going wasn’t confidence. It was conviction.

You want to succeed? Then you have to learn to take rejection and keep moving.

You don’t need applause to make progress. You don’t need a million views to be on the right track. You don’t need permission to believe in yourself.

Keep creating. Keep showing up. Keep building when no one’s clapping. Because that’s the fire. That’s the edge. That’s where legends are made.

And if this hits you today, if you’re staring at your own blank screen, wondering if you’re crazy to keep going…you’re not.

Keep going anyway.

Let’s build. Let’s believe. Let’s rise.

Continue to live inspired,

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