Earlier this week a post ran on IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com about my story of getting into Stanford after getting rejected the first time. My experience was used to illustrate the larger lesson of how to psychologically prepare yourself to persist in achieving your goals even after being hit with a seemingly fatal setback.

But knowing how to persist until a goal is achieved is just one tool in the toolbox needed to live a rich, meaningful life. Taken in isolation this tactic can actually lead someone astray, because the intensity and focus required will often lead to blinders being put on. It’s important to perserve adaptability by continuously reevaluating goals as new information and experiences are gathered and avoid the grip of path dependency. But that is a story for another day…coming soon.

Here’s an excerpt from the post. If you want to read the full post you can do so here:

“Welcome to the Class of 2014!”

There is no feeling quite like getting admission into your dream college. No purchase, no vacation, no other achievement can rival it.

But it’s even more impressive when you’ve already been rejected…and you turn that rejection into admission the very next year. This is extraordinarily rare.

Today, a detailed case study about how a young man named Max Marmer turned rejection into admission — and how you can use these techniques yourself.

You’ll learn:

• How Max got into Stanford after being rejected the year before…and how a blog post helped (including the actual note from the admissions officer)
• How your automatic ego-protecting defenses prevent you from trying to overcome failure…and how to shortcut them
• How to apply the Craigslist Penis Effect to be more remarkable than your competition

Come along as I show you how most people are so unaccustomed to failure that they’ll do almost anything to avoid it — and how, by understanding this, you can leapfrog virtually everyone on the way to your goals.

(http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/stanford-admission-after-rejection-hustle)