How do you get back up again and fight after an emotional knock back?

I’m thinking specifically about when you are trying really hard on a new venture and yet someone might make a comment or say something about you that hurts and squashes your dreams. You feel foolish, embarrassed, deflated, crestfallen perhaps… You feel like giving in and walking away because you are hurt. But you know that you need to get back up and fight, carry on with your venture and not let anything get in your way. How do you do this when you feel like crawling into a hole and hiding?

This question comes about because it occurred to me that whilst some people might be hurt by a knock back (like me) there are others that seem to have a natural ability to fight back – to get angry instead of feel hurt and use that as a platform to keep going. So if anger is necessary – a kind of defiance… how do you transform the hurt into anger and resilience?

Equally, even if anger isn’t a necessary factor – when you are hurt by something, how do you then pick yourself up, find confidence and carry on the path towards your goals?

Thank you xx