Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection
جاي جيانج: ما تعلمته من مئة يوم من الرفض
Jia Jiang's journey through rejection revealed a world hidden in plain sight, where people are much kinder than we imagine. Full bio
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had this brilliant idea.
receiving gifts
of complimenting each other.
مدح بعضنا البعض.
come to the front of the classroom,
and stacked them in the corner.
وقامت برصِّهم في ركن الفصل.
ونبدأ بمدح بعضنا البعض؟
and compliment each other?
someone's name called,
say anything nice about these people?"
" هل من أحد ليقول شيئًا لطيفًا عن هؤلاء؟"
go get your gift and sit down.
لأخذ هداياكم ثم اجلسوا.
something nice about you."
I remember this really well.
في ذلك اليوم.
that she turned a team-building event
حدث لبناء الفريق
for three six-year-olds.
على الملأ.
people get roasted on TV,
الأشخاص ينال منهم في التلفاز،
being in that situation again --
في ذلك الموقف ثانية --
I know what I want to do now.
company in the world,
of conquering the world --
I did write that letter.
لقد كتبت تلك الرسالة بالفعل.
but I did highlight some key words.
ولكني قمت بإبراز بعض الكلمات المفتاحية.
to come to the United States.
where Bill Gates lived, right?
صحيح؟
of my entrepreneur journey.
for a Fortune 500 company.
لشركة تابعة لـFortune 500.
الذي كتب تلك الرسالة؟
who wrote that letter?
in front of people in a group --
and the six-year-old.
after I started my own company.
حتى بعد إنشاء شركتي الخاصة.
my own company when I was 30 --
في عمر الثلاثين --
أليس كذلك؟
sooner or later, right?
with an investment opportunity,
that I wanted to quit right there.
الانسحاب في تلك اللحظة.
after a simple investment rejection?
بعد مجرد رفض في الاستثمار؟
entrepreneur quit like that?
team or better product,
keep dictating my life anymore.
أن يملي علي حياتي بعد الآن.
and looked for help.
من خلال الإنترنت.
the fear of rejection?"
على الخوف من الرفض؟"
of psychology articles
and pain are coming from.
of "rah-rah" inspirational articles
just overcome it."
invented by this Canadian entrepreneur.
قام رجل أعمال كندي باختراعها.
you go out and look for rejection,
خروجك 30 يومًا باحثًا عن الرفض،
you desensitize yourself from the pain.
I'm going to do this.
getting rejected 100 days."
to where I was working.
sitting behind a desk.
walk of my life --
of my neck standing up,
100 dollars from you?"
هل بإمكاني استدانة مئة دولار منك؟"
and I just ran.
myself getting rejected,
وأنا يتم رفضي،
in "The Sixth Sense."
"The Sixth Sense."
I could've negotiated.
كان من الممكن أن أتفاوض.
the microcosm of my life.
and I went to the cashier and said,
like, "What's a burger refill?"
"ما هي إعادة ملء البرغر؟"
a drink refill but with a burger."
ولكن للبرغر."
we don't do burger refill, man."
"آسف ليس لدينا إعادة ملء للبرغر يا رجل."
and I could have run, but I stayed.
ولكني بقيت.
I'll tell my manager about it,
but sorry, we can't do this today."
ولكن للأسف لا يمكننا القيام بها اليوم."
ever done burger refill.
بإعادة ملء للبرغر مطلقًا.
I was feeling the first time
في المرة الأولى
I'm already learning things.
Getting Olympic Doughnuts.
احصل على دوناتس الأولومبياد
was turned upside down.
of the United States.
الجنوبي الشرقي من الولايات المتحدة.
that look like Olympic symbols?
شعار الأولمبياد؟"
five doughnuts together ... "
they could say yes, right?
the colors and the rings,
that looked like Olympic rings.
على شكل حلقات الأولمبياد.
over five million views on Youtube.
على Youtube.
I was in newspapers,
started writing emails to me
doing is awesome."
did not do anything to me.
of my 100 days of rejection
I had this flower in my hand,
وكانت معي تلك الزهرة في يدي،
في فنائك الخلفي؟"
in your backyard?"
anything I put in the backyard.
في الفناء الخلفي.
go across the street and talk to Connie.
وتحدث إلى كوني.
on Connie's door.
in Connie's backyard.
after the initial rejection,
the guy didn't trust me,
لم أبدو بشكل جيد.
I didn't look good.
لم يكن مناسبًا لما أراد.
did not fit what he wanted.
to offer me a referral,
actually say certain things
أن أقول أشياء محددة
one day I went to a Starbucks,
"Hey, can I be a Starbucks greeter?"
مُرَحِّب ستاربكس؟"
those Walmart greeters?
المُرَحِّبين في والمارت؟
'hi' to you before you walk in the store,
قبل دخولك إلى المتجر،
don't steal stuff, basically?
من عدم قيامك بالسرقة؟
to Starbucks customers."
that's a good thing, actually --
في الحقيقة --
it's a bad thing.
his name is Eric --
his whole demeanor changed.
all the doubt on the floor.
I was the Starbucks greeter.
that walked in,
what your career trajectory is,
حياتكم المهنية،
because I mentioned, "Is that weird?"
لأني ذكرت "هل هذا غريب؟"
that means I wasn't weird.
فهذا يعني أني لست غريبًا.
thinking just like him,
some doubt people might have
الذي يساور الأشخاص
I could fulfill my life dream ...
أنه بإمكاني تحقيق حلم حياتي...
from four generations of teachers,
if you became a teacher."
an entrepreneur, so I didn't.
فلم أكن معلمًا."
to actually teach something.
of Texas at Austin,
and said, "Can I teach your class?"
"هل بإمكاني القيام بتدريس صفكم؟"
the first couple of times.
I kept doing it --
ظللت أفعل ذلك --
the professor was very impressed.
كان البروفيسور منبهرًا جدًا.
has done this before."
with powerpoints and my lesson.
والدرس الخاص بي.
I'll fit you in my curriculum."
وسأضع لك مكان في منهجي."
I was teaching a class.
this is a bad picture.
إنها صورة سيئة.
rejected by lighting, you know?
خرجت وأنا أبكي،
I walked out crying,
just by simply asking.
all these things --
علي تحقيق جميع تلك الأشياء --
or get a PhD to teach --
أو أن أحصل على الدكتوراه لأدرّس --
which you can't see --
that people who really change the world,
أن الأشخاص الذين يقومون بتغيير العالم
and the way we think,
طريقة تفكيرنا ومعيشتنا،
with initial and often violent rejections.
وعنيف في أحيان كثيرة.
let rejection define them.
after rejection define themselves.
بعد الرفض هي التي تُعَرِّفهم.
to learn about rejection,
هؤلاء الأشخاص لنتعلم عن الرفض،
because I was running away from it.
the biggest gift in my life.
how to turn rejections into opportunities.
تحويل الرفض إلى فرص.
people overcome their fear of rejection.
الناس على التغلب على خوفهم من الرفض.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jia Jiang - Author, blogger, entrepreneurJia Jiang's journey through rejection revealed a world hidden in plain sight, where people are much kinder than we imagine.
Why you should listen
Jia Jiang is the owner of Rejection Therapy, a website that provides inspiration, knowledge and products for people to overcome their fear of rejection. He is also the CEO of Wuju Learning, a company that teaches people and trains organizations to become fearless through rejection training. In 2015, he authored a bestselling book, Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection.
Several years after Jiang began his career in the corporate world, he took a life-altering risk and stepped into the unknown world of entrepreneurship. His result was everyone's biggest fear: rejection. This was the catalyst that set Jiang on the path to his true calling.
To conquer the fear of rejection, Jiang embarked on a personal quest and started a blog, 100 Days of Rejection Therapy. His journey revealed a world that was hidden in plain sight -- a world where people are much kinder than we imagine. He discovered that rejection can be much less painful than we believe and that the fear of rejection is much more destructive than we know.
Jiang grew up in Beijing, China and migrated to the United States at age 16. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University.
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