Not every no is about you. Budgets, timing and a hundred other applicants were in the room too.

A rejection arrives as a verdict on you and almost never is one. On the other side was a budget that shrank, a role filled internally, a pile of applications where yours was fine and somebody else fitted a gap you could not see. None of that reaches you, so your mind fills the silence with the worst available explanation.

When the next no comes, write down three reasons for it that have nothing to do with your worth. Ask for feedback once, politely, and accept that you may not get it. Then send the next application before the week is out.