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Best of the Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice - 4/3/12 - "Your Own Assessment" In a past Wall Street Journal, there was an article concerning rejections of student applications by colleges and universities. It wasn't the article so much that caught my attention, but a quote from a university president. This is time of year, at least in the United States, when high school seniors start receiving word from the applications they have made to the colleges of their choice. With an estimated 2.9 million student freshman class next fall,

rejection letters are inevitable. Being "rejected" can cause a blow to one's self-esteem. Rejection and disappointment can make us vulnerable, and when we are vulnerable, we are susceptible to what we see and hear from those around us. While the comments may be innocent and made with the best intentions, we need to be careful about who we listen to. The quote that got my attention was from Columbia University president, Lee Bollinger, who said, "to allow other people's assessment of you to determine your own self-assessment is a very big mistake." I agree! No one knows you better than you, and we all need to be careful what we take in, and sanction, from those around us. We all experience moments of rejection during our lives. Some are small, and some, at the time, seem very large; others are, indeed, truly large. How we react to these moments often affects the directions our lives will take. The good news is that the

choices of where to go and what to do are typically up to us. The decisions are ours to make. Lou TiceThe Pacific Institutewww.thepacificinstitute.com The effects of The Pacific Institute's education are reverberating around the world. For weekly updates, go to www.TPIGlobalNews.com To view past Winner's Circle messages, or make changes to your subscription, or unsubscribe, go to web site http://mailman.wolfe.net/mailman/listinfo/wcnFor any problems, please email rschau@... The Pacific Institute, Inc. copyrights 1997-2012. All rights reserved.Winner's Circle Network with Lou Tice (WCN) is a registered trademark of The Pacific Institute. Code

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