Stop Fearing Rejection... Become Unstoppable

Failure is hard enough on its own. But when ego gets involved, it can take a setback and turn it into a full identity crisis. This chapter is about getting out of your own way. In this episode of the Church Staff Book Club, Jonathan Malm and Jason Young dig into Chapter 3 of *How to Get a Return on Failure* by John Maxwell: **"Get Over Failure by Getting Over Yourself."** Because sometimes the hardest thing to recover from isn't the failure itself. It's the story you tell yourself about it. **🎧 What We Cover in This Episode:** - Why ego makes failure more damaging than it needs to be - The subtle difference between "I failed" and "I am a failure" and why it matters - Jonathan's simple prayer before speaking that changed everything - Five filtering questions for deciding whose criticism is actually worth listening to - Why defensiveness is where growth ends - How to become comfortable with rejection (even if you hate it) - Why most "rejections" aren't actually about you at all - The role of humor in recovering from mistakes and what it reveals about security - Why ministry leaders are exhausted from protecting an image that may not even exist - Progress over perfection: why your 40s, 50s, and 60s may be your best years yet **📖 We're Reading:** *How to Get a Return on Failure* by John Maxwell Follow along chapter by chapter with us! **💬 Key Quotes from This Episode:** *"When you're 20, you care about what everyone thinks. When you're 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."* *"The sooner you stop fearing rejection, the sooner you can become unstoppable."* *"You can't be a leader and focus on yourself."* **🔗 Connect & Subscribe:** Follow us on social media and join the conversation Subscribe so you never miss a chapter Grab *How to Get a Return on Failure* by John Maxwell and read along with us