If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.
The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.
What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasingly powerless or more powerful.