Rejection Shapes Who We Are

When was a time you felt left out or rejected?

On the 7:47 Podcast, two-time U.S. Open golfer Renee Bemis shared with me a powerful moment in her childhood when a group of golfers excluded her from practicing with them.

This moment of exclusion, and sense of rejection, in many ways, shaped Renee’s worldview.

She vowed to never make anyone feel the way she felt in that moment—a motto that she still lives by today.

Not only a golfer, but also an accomplished sculptor and owner of the Inc. Magazine 500 fastest-growing company, Driftless Glen Distillery - Taste The American Spirit, Renee truly embodies what it means to weave together a meaningful life from a multitude of passions.

Renee and I talk about the importance of having gratitude for the people who surround us, deriving our values from adversities we’ve faced, and cultivating a “glass is always full” mentality.

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