Dr. Guy Winch on Handling Rejection (& Waiting) in the Admissions and Job Search Process

Status Check with Spivey

Dr. Guy Winch is one of the world's leading psychologists and speakers. He has delivered three TED Talks with over 25 million views combined, all three of which can be seen here https://www.guywinch.com/ He has published three books and along with best-selling author Lori Gottlieb co-hosts a relatively new but already incredibly popular podcast Dear Therapists https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-dear-therapists-68853191/ In this 40-minute podcast, we speak about rejection at the macro level — "Do we aggregate rejection, and why does it sting so bad?" — and then in the admissions and first job search process specifically. Dr. Winch speaks toward research and numerous helpful interventions in both the perceived feelings of rejection and the problem issues involved in waiting on decisions. Perhaps most notably, Dr. Winch tells a story about the first time he applied to graduate school, when he applied to 10 different programs, was denied by 9, and was "ghosted" (he literally never heard from them) by the 10th. Which makes his conversation with us not just incredibly helpful, but also relatable. We've all been rejected at something, many things — including those at the very pinnacle of their professional careers. In this podcast, we mention an episode of Dr. Peter Attia's The Drive in which Dr. Winch is interviewed — you can listen to that episode here https://peterattiamd.com/guywinch/ You can also listen to this podcast on YouTube https://youtu.be/E68R_99PQ0k or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spivey-consulting-law-school-admissions-podcast/id1477090223