Growth is getting rejected on Monday and applying somewhere else by Friday.

The measure is not whether the no hurt, because it does. It is how long the no keeps you off the field. A rejection can take a day or it can take a season, and the difference is mostly about how much meaning you attach to it. One no is a single reader on a single day, not a summary of your worth.

Give yourself a set amount of time to feel it, an evening rather than a month. Then send one more application, audition or message before the week ends. Keep a list of what you sent, so the record shows action instead of outcome.