How Rejections From 4 Publications Led to My First $500 Article of 2021

It took me 3 months to turn “rejection” into “redirection.”

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My first article of 2021 was published in my favorite publication — Better Humans. But, the journey to get there wasn’t filled with roses. It took me 3 months and rejections from 4 other editors before I finally made it into a commissioned article worth $500.

The road there is filled with so many ups and downs; I gave up more than once along the way. But there was something in my soul that kept me from calling it quits.

And here I stand, writing this story today to tell you that rejection is good. It helped me earn $500.

This post is about all the lessons I learned from this wild, crazy journey and how you can implement them in your life.

Note: If you’d like to watch the whole story in video format — complete with screenshots and proof — please click here.

Round One: Better Humans

I wrote the story on October 1st, keeping Better Humans in mind. They have a model where they publish empathic tutorials by people who are either coaches or aggressive self-experimenters. Each commissioned article gets a one-time fee of $500 US. Since my story was based on my…