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Jul 15, 2025 / 1 MIN READ

How to push past rejection

JAMES HYPE
When they finally say yes, it's going to feel even sweeter — because by then you're expecting no.

The thing with rejection is you've got to get used to it. You've got to not be scared of it. Turn it into more motivation, more fuel for what you're doing.

If you're trying to be a DJ, everyone's trying to be a DJ. Thousands and thousands of people are trying to do this one thing. So the answer is more often than not going to be no when you send off your new track. They're going to say no. You ask to play the gig — they're going to say no.

But you keep pushing. One day they're going to say yes. And it's going to feel even sweeter, because by then you're expecting them to say no.