High achievers know how to quell the negative self-talk in their heads and get out of their own way. High achievers don’t see uncertainty as a confining boundary to avoid but rather an undiscovered area that hasn’t been explored yet. While even the slightest deviation from the norm can spur feelings of uneasiness, high achievers don’t cede to the knee-jerk reaction of returning to equilibrium immediately. The difference between high achievers and everybody else is that high achievers realize that when somebody rejects you, it’s not necessarily because of you, but because of them. High achievers know that without feedback they can’t course correct, and if they can’t course correct then they won’t be high achievers much longer.

Source: Forbes May 27, 2018 12:22 UTC