Take a lesson from University of Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes. According to ESPN, Mr. Barnes has saved every rejection letter he’s ever received, including those from Indiana coaching legend Bobby Knight and Louisville coach Denny Crum. When hyper-announcer Dick Vitale heard this, he said, “Wow, those are real schools.” Turns out Dickie V was turned down by almost every high school and small college he applied to coach. These are successful people holding on to long-ago rejections. Rejection...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 24, 2019 20:26 UTC