Dealing with Disappointment

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Someone I coach recently heard that she had not been accepted into their first choice college. This is the advice I gave them about dealing with disappointment.

Do you know who Lisa Loeb is?

I wanted to go to Brown University. I had a friend from Chicago who was already there. In hindsight, I can no longer remember why it was my first choice. That was 37 years ago, and I…