Research Freedom

Research Freedom

How I turned crushing rejection into my biggest career catalyst

Most professors will hide this little gem

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Lennart Nacke, PhD
May 10, 2025
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Be the Phoenix rising from your paper rejections.

My publication breakthroughs didn’t happen despite rejections.

They happened because of how I learned to process them.

My first major paper got rejected from three top venues. Each email felt like a personal indictment. I wanted to quit, convinced my work was fatally flawed and I wasn’t good enough.

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