Dealing with Academic Failure and Rejection

Intended largely as advice for PhD students and other early career academics, this video covers some way to think about failure (and success!) and how to recover from things like paper rejections, grant rejections, rejections from PhD programs or grad school, and all of the other small and large perceptions of failure we see all the time. When can failure be reframed as success? Why does it seem like you're getting rejected so much more than everyone else? Should everyone just keep a CV of failures?! I've failed a lot, myself. Like, a lot. I've got a rolodex of rejections. I hope this helps you think about how to deal with failure and academic rejection and how to keep yourself motivated so you can try to find your own metrics for success! Some resources: + Mister Rogers on imposter syndrome: https://medium.com/@cfiesler/tenured-professor-rogers-talks-about-imposter-syndrome-229e0a546ac1 + Advice for new PhD students: https://youtu.be/Hh5b5wZzgBA + CV of failures: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/apr/30/cv-of-failures-princeton-professor-publishes-resume-of-his-career-lows + More CV of failures: https://jessicavitak.com/2016/04/30/embracing-failure-heres-my-cv-of-academic-rejections/ + Advice on organizing a CV to emphasize successes: https://youtu.be/5B7DY_Qa7OU Playlist of videos about applying to PhD programs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPA3GFqdHv_oL8gRg-44TmvMzjcFRMH4I Playlist of academic advice: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPA3GFqdHv_rC3R_ifaTFBqE2tbxxOkEf If this was helpful for you, consider subscribing! I post videos about academia, with advice for graduate students, and also video essays about my own research. Want more short-form-whatever in between videos? Follow me on Twitter or TikTok @cfiesler!