How about receiving acceptance emails? Am I the only one to think that positive reinforcement is a way better tool? How would it possibly help you to tune yourself to a negative outcome on daily basis?!
Hate to break it to you, but the most frequent phrase you hear as a founding CEO is "no." Often masked as positive feedback, which is the real one-two punch to the gut. Yes, positive outlooks are a requirement but you're going to get "no" conditioning training at some point.
You calling this a dumb idea is a perfect example, so I'm sure the creators here thank you for that!
Or the 'california no': "yes, but now isn't the right time [and will never be]" or "no, not today [nor tomorrow, nor ever]". Gives you false hope for no reason.
> How would it possibly help you to tune yourself to a negative outcome on daily basis?!
Success often requires overcoming adversity. Overcoming failure and rejection.
Some will let fear of failure cripple their ability to get things done - not starting projects because they fear they'll fail, or not finishing projects because they've been discouraged by failures along the way.
Others will adopt failure as their constant companion and friend - a sign that they're attempting things difficult enough to be worth doing, things difficult enough to be educational, things that still push their boundaries. Perhaps even a positive thing in it's own right - if failure is how you learn, if constant and repeated failure to disprove is how you science, then just how negative a thing is failure, exactly? Just how negative is a fake rejection letter you signed yourself up for?
There's a place for positive reinforcement, but there's a place for conditioning as well, for those wishing to move the needle.
Yeah, my personal philosophy based on quantum physics and manifestation spirituality is that it would be better to receive "you've been accepted" emails, if that's really what you want in the end.
keithwhor|8 years ago
You calling this a dumb idea is a perfect example, so I'm sure the creators here thank you for that!
erichurkman|8 years ago
MaulingMonkey|8 years ago
Success often requires overcoming adversity. Overcoming failure and rejection.
Some will let fear of failure cripple their ability to get things done - not starting projects because they fear they'll fail, or not finishing projects because they've been discouraged by failures along the way.
Others will adopt failure as their constant companion and friend - a sign that they're attempting things difficult enough to be worth doing, things difficult enough to be educational, things that still push their boundaries. Perhaps even a positive thing in it's own right - if failure is how you learn, if constant and repeated failure to disprove is how you science, then just how negative a thing is failure, exactly? Just how negative is a fake rejection letter you signed yourself up for?
There's a place for positive reinforcement, but there's a place for conditioning as well, for those wishing to move the needle.
coolsunglasses|8 years ago
The Stoic fathers thought it was a good idea.
spraak|8 years ago
icebraining|8 years ago
Please don't do this on Show HNs :)
(Not the being critical part, just the part I quoted)
Danilka|8 years ago
Grustaf|8 years ago