There's another name for rejection therapy -- it's called sales work.<p>Typically it's the kind of sales work hackers dislike. But plenty of people have built good careers around a sunny tolerance for rejection. Real estate agents, insurance sales people, cold callers, door-to-door sales people -- all of them experience many rejections for each closed sale.<p>One successful sales person told me that "it's just a numbers game." I still think about this with every rejection I receive.