Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection
جیا جیانگ: چی لە ١٠٠ ڕۆژ ڕەتکردنەوە فێربووم
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.
ئەو بیرۆکە ناوازەیەی هەبوو.
receiving gifts
of complimenting each other.
ستایشکردنی یەکتری ببین.
come to the front of the classroom,
and stacked them in the corner.
لە لایەک کۆمەڵی کردبوو.
and compliment each other?
someone's name called,
کەسێک دەبو بانگ دەکرا،
say anything nice about these people?"
شتێکی جوان لەسەر ئەم کەسانە بڵێت؟"
go get your gift and sit down.
دیارییەکەتان وەرناگرن و دانیشن.
بۆ ساڵی داهاتوو --
something nice about you."
باش دەربارەتان بڵێت."
I remember this really well.
that she turned a team-building event
دروستکردنی تیمی گۆڕی
for three six-year-olds.
بۆ سێ منداڵی ٦ ساڵان.
هەستێکی گالتەجاڕی.
people get roasted on TV,
خەڵک دەبینن فریو دەدرێن،
being in that situation again --
دووبارەبونەوەی ڕووداوێکی ئاوا.
I know what I want to do now.
ئیستا دەزانم دەمەوێ چی بکەم.
company in the world,
لە جیهاندا دادەمەزرێنم،
of conquering the world --
کۆنتڕۆڵکردنی جیهان کرد--
I did write that letter.
but I did highlight some key words.
بەڵام وشە گرنگەکانم دیاری کردووە.
to come to the United States.
ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکان بێم.
where Bill Gates lived, right?
of my entrepreneur journey.
for a Fortune 500 company.
بووم لە کۆمپانیای ٥٠٠ فۆرتیون.
who wrote that letter?
ئەو نامەیەی نووسی لەکوێیە؟
in front of people in a group --
and the six-year-old.
after I started my own company.
خۆم ئەو ترسە بەردەوام بوو.
my own company when I was 30 --
دەستم بە کۆمپانیاکەم کرد --
sooner or later, right?
with an investment opportunity,
that I wanted to quit right there.
ویستم یەکسەر وازبهێنم.
after a simple investment rejection?
بچووکی وەبەرهێنان وازیهێنا؟
entrepreneur quit like that?
بەم شێوەیە وازیهێناوە؟
باشتر دروستبکەم.
team or better product,
باشتر دروست بکەم،
keep dictating my life anymore.
شەش ساڵە زاڵبێت بەسەر ژیانمدا.
and looked for help.
بۆ یارمەتی لە سەر هێڵ.
the fear of rejection?"
ڕەتکردنەوەدا زاڵ دەبیت؟"
of psychology articles
and pain are coming from.
of "rah-rah" inspirational articles
just overcome it."
تەنها زاڵبە بەسەریدا."
invented by this Canadian entrepreneur.
بوو پیاوێکی بازرگانی کەنەدی دایهێنا.
you go out and look for rejection,
ڕۆژ چوونە دەرەوەو گەڕان بوو بۆ ڕەتکردنەوە،
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?"
دۆلارت لێ قەرز بکەم؟"
and I just ran.
myself getting rejected,
in "The Sixth Sense."
تا باسی خۆمی بۆ بکەم.
I could've negotiated.
the microcosm of my life.
ڕەتکردنەوەیەکی کەم دەکرد،
هامبرگرێک بێ بەرامبەر.
and I went to the cashier and said,
چووم بۆ لای ژمێریارەکەو گوتم،
پڕکراو وەربگرم؟"
like, "What's a burger refill?"
هامبرگری بێ بەرامبەر چییە؟"،
a drink refill but with a burger."
بەڵام بە هامبرگرەوە."
we don't do burger refill, man."
هامبرگری وامان نییە."
and I could have run, but I stayed.
دەمتوانی ڕابکەم، بەڵام مامەوە.
I'll tell my manager about it,
but sorry, we can't do this today."
بەڵام ببوورە، ئەمڕۆ ئەوە ناکەین."
ever done burger refill.
بێ بەرامبەر هەبێت.
I was feeling the first time
یەکەم جار هەستم پێکرد لەوێ.
I'm already learning things.
Getting Olympic Doughnuts.
دۆگناتی ئۆڵۆمپی.
was turned upside down.
of the United States.
ویلایەتە یەکگرتووەکان هەیە.
that look like Olympic symbols?
بکەیت وەکو هێمای ئۆڵۆمپی بێت؟
five doughnuts together ... "
they could say yes, right?
the colors and the rings,
ڕەنگ و بازنەکان،
that looked like Olympic rings.
شێوەی وەکو بازنەکانی ئۆڵۆمپی وابوو.
over five million views on Youtube.
زیاتری هەبوو لە یوتیوب.
I was in newspapers,
و هەمووشتێک.
started writing emails to me
بە ناردنی ئیمەیڵ کرد بۆم
doing is awesome."
سەرسوڕهێنەرە."
did not do anything to me.
بەدناوی هیچیان بۆ نەکردم.
of my 100 days of rejection
I had this flower in my hand,
گوڵێکم لەناودەستدا بوو،
in your backyard?"
لەباخی ماڵەکەت بچێنم؟"
anything I put in the backyard.
go across the street and talk to Connie.
ئەوبەر شەقامەکە و لەگەل کۆنی قسە بکە.
on Connie's door.
in Connie's backyard.
after the initial rejection,
دوای ڕەتکردنەوە دەڕۆیشتم،
the guy didn't trust me,
I didn't look good.
نەپۆشیبوو، جوان دەرنەکەوتم.
did not fit what he wanted.
نەدەگونجا لەگەل ویستی ئەو.
to offer me a referral,
actually say certain things
تا بەڵی بەدەستبێنم..
one day I went to a Starbucks,
"Hey, can I be a Starbucks greeter?"
دەتوانم ببمە پێشوازیکەری ستاربەکس؟"
ستاربەکس چییە؟"
those Walmart greeters?
'hi' to you before you walk in the store,
سڵاو پێش هاتنت بۆ ناو کۆگاکە،
don't steal stuff, basically?
to Starbucks customers."
واڵمارت بە کڕیارەکان بدەم ."
that's a good thing, actually --
it's a bad thing.
his name is Eric --
his whole demeanor changed.
هەڵسوکەوتی تەواو گۆڕا.
all the doubt on the floor.
گومانەکانی لەئەرزەکە دانابێ.
I was the Starbucks greeter.
سڵاوکەری ستاربەکس بووم.
that walked in,
what your career trajectory is,
ڕێبازی کارەکەتان چییە،
because I mentioned, "Is that weird?"
بکەم چونکە باسم کرد، "ئایا نامۆیە؟"
that means I wasn't weird.
ئەوە واتا من نامۆ نەبووم.
thinking just like him,
some doubt people might have
لەوانەیە خەڵک هەیانبێ باسبکەم
I could fulfill my life dream ...
ژیانی خۆم بەدیبهێنم...
from four generations of teachers,
کە دەتەوێت بیکەیت،
if you became a teacher."
an entrepreneur, so I didn't.
،بۆیە نەبووم بە مامۆستا.
to actually teach something.
من بووە وانە لە شتێکدا بڵێمەوە.
ئەگەر تەنها پرسیار بکەم
of Texas at Austin,
and said, "Can I teach your class?"
گوتم، "دەتوانم لە پۆلەکەت وانە بڵێمەوە؟"
the first couple of times.
I kept doing it --
the professor was very impressed.
پڕۆفیسۆرەکە زۆر سەرسام بوو.
has done this before."
with powerpoints and my lesson.
I'll fit you in my curriculum."
بەرنامەی وانەگوتنەوەت ڕێکدەخەم."
I was teaching a class.
this is a bad picture.
ئەوە وێنەیەکی خراپە.
rejected by lighting, you know?
لەلایەن ڕووناکییەوە؟،
I walked out crying,
تەواوکرد، بۆ دەرەوە چووم گریام،
just by simply asking.
تەنها بە پرسیاری سادە.
all these things --
هەموو ئەو شتانە بێنمەدی--
or get a PhD to teach --
یاخود دکتۆرا بێنم لە فێرکردن--
which you can't see --
بچووکم دووبارە کردەوە.
that people who really change the world,
دۆزیەوە کە بەڕاستی جیهانیان گۆڕی،
and the way we think,
و بیرکردنەوەمانیان گۆڕی،
with initial and often violent rejections.
ڕەتکردنەوەی توند بوونەوە.
let rejection define them.
ڕەتکردنەوە پێناسەیان بکات.
after rejection define themselves.
ڕەتکردنەوە خۆیان پێناسە بکات.
to learn about rejection,
تا فێری ڕەتکردنەوە ببین،
because I was running away from it.
کردبوو، چونکە لێی ڕامدەکرد.
the biggest gift in my life.
how to turn rejections into opportunities.
چۆن ڕەتکردنەوە بۆ دەرفەت بگۆڕن.
people overcome their fear of rejection.
خەڵکی تا زاڵبن بەسەر ترسی ڕەتکردنەوەدا.
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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