A vision-driven change agent with a career-long record of community outreach, leadership development, marketing, and communications success for leading organizations, Mr. Darryll Stinson seeks to use rejection as a powerful tool with which we can discover our true and complete identity, based on a variety of healthy and holistic influences. Darryll’s theory is that by understanding who we are and what we are uniquely gifted and created to do, we can more healthily process the sting of rejection and turn the initial pain into strength to become a better version of ourselves.  

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Darryll Stinson: Overcoming rejection: when people hurt you and life isn't fair | Darryll Stinson | TEDxWileyCollege

Overcoming rejection: when people hurt you and life isn't fair | Darryll Stinson | TEDxWileyCollege

Viewing rejection as projection allows us to detach our value from others' opinions, fostering resilience and self-confidence.

Embracing rejection as protection can redirect us towards paths more aligned with our true purpose, avoiding potential pitfalls.

Rejection as projection reveals others' insecurities, not our inadequacies—shift perspective to empower self-worth and resilience.