Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection
Jia Jiang: Czego nauczyło mnie 100 dni odrzucenia
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.
wpadła na wspaniały pomysł.
receiving gifts
jak to jest dostać prezent,
of complimenting each other.
prawić komplementy.
come to the front of the classroom,
ułożyła w stertę w rogu.
and stacked them in the corner.
powiedzieli sobie komplementy?
and compliment each other?
someone's name called,
say anything nice about these people?"
powiedzieć tej trójce coś miłego?".
swoje prezenty i usiądźcie.
go get your gift and sit down.
something nice about you."
że pamiętam to bardzo dobrze.
I remember this really well.
że zmieniła zabawę integracyjną
that she turned a team-building event
for three six-year-olds.
people get roasted on TV,
wyśmiewanych ludzi,
by uniknąć takiej sytuacji,
being in that situation again --
co chcę robić w życiu!".
I know what I want to do now.
"Przed 25. rokiem życia
company in the world,
zawładnięcia światem...
of conquering the world --
I did write that letter.
naprawdę napisałem ten list.
ale podkreśliłem kluczowe słowa.
but I did highlight some key words.
to come to the United States.
mieszka Bill Gates, prawda?
where Bill Gates lived, right?
mojej przygody przedsiębiorcy.
of my entrepreneur journey.
dla firmy z listy Fortune 500.
for a Fortune 500 company.
który napisał tamten list?
who wrote that letter?
in front of people in a group --
and the six-year-old.
after I started my own company.
nawet gdy założyłem własną firmę.
my own company when I was 30 --
sooner or later, right?
do pewnej inwestycji,
with an investment opportunity,
natychmiast to wszystko rzucić.
that I wanted to quit right there.
po zwykłym odrzuceniu w inwestycji?".
after a simple investment rejection?
entrepreneur quit like that?
przedsiębiorca by tak zrobił?".
team or better product,
keep dictating my life anymore.
rządzić moim życiem.
and looked for help.
przed odrzuceniem?".
the fear of rejection?"
of psychology articles
artykułów psychologicznych,
and pain are coming from.
inspirujących artykułów w stylu:
of "rah-rah" inspirational articles
just overcome it."
przez kanadyjskiego przedsiębiorcę.
invented by this Canadian entrepreneur.
szukać odrzucenia,
you go out and look for rejection,
znieczulić się na ten ból.
you desensitize yourself from the pain.
I'm going to do this.
doświadczał odrzucenia".
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?"
and I just ran.
jak ktoś mi odmawia.
myself getting rejected,
z "Szóstego zmysłu".
in "The Sixth Sense."
I could've negotiated.
the microcosm of my life.
że to mikro-wersja mojego życia.
nie będę uciekał.
do kasjera i spytałem:
and I went to the cashier and said,
"Co to jest dolewka burgera?".
like, "What's a burger refill?"
a drink refill but with a burger."
we don't do burger refill, man."
i mogłem uciec, ale zostałem.
and I could have run, but I stayed.
"Uwielbiam wasze burgery,
I'll tell my manager about it,
but sorry, we can't do this today."
ever done burger refill.
I was feeling the first time
I'm already learning things.
Getting Olympic Doughnuts.
was turned upside down.
wywróciło się do góry nogami.
of the United States.
w kształcie logo Igrzysk Olimpijskich?
that look like Olympic symbols?
five doughnuts together ... "
they could say yes, right?
zupełnie na serio.
the colors and the rings,
wyglądających jak logo Igrzysk.
that looked like Olympic rings.
5 milionów wyświetleń na YouTube.
over five million views on Youtube.
I was in newspapers,
started writing emails to me
doing is awesome."
nic mi nie dały.
did not do anything to me.
of my 100 days of rejection
I had this flower in my hand,
z kwiatem w ręce,
w pana ogrodzie?".
in your backyard?"
anything I put in the backyard.
co posadzę w ogrodzie.
proszę pomówić z Connie.
go across the street and talk to Connie.
on Connie's door.
in Connie's backyard.
after the initial rejection,
że ten człowiek mi nie ufał,
the guy didn't trust me,
nie wyglądałem dobrze.
I didn't look good.
co mu oferowałem.
did not fit what he wanted.
to offer me a referral,
actually say certain things
one day I went to a Starbucks,
"Czy mogę witać waszych klientów?".
"Hey, can I be a Starbucks greeter?"
those Walmart greeters?
'hi' to you before you walk in the store,
"dzień dobry", zanim się wejdzie,
don't steal stuff, basically?
doświadczenie w stylu Walmarta".
to Starbucks customers."
czy to dobry pomysł.
that's a good thing, actually --
it's a bad thing.
his name is Eric --
jego nastawienie uległo zmianie.
his whole demeanor changed.
wszelkie wątpliwości na bok.
all the doubt on the floor.
witałem klientów w Starbucksie.
I was the Starbucks greeter.
that walked in,
what your career trajectory is,
because I mentioned, "Is that weird?"
bo spytałem: "Czy to dziwne?".
znaczyło to, że nie jestem dziwny.
that means I wasn't weird.
thinking just like him,
some doubt people might have
które inni mogą mieć,
I could fulfill my life dream ...
że mogę spełnić największe marzenie,
o tradycjach nauczycielskich
from four generations of teachers,
gdybyś został nauczycielem".
if you became a teacher."
an entrepreneur, so I didn't.
to actually teach something.
of Texas at Austin,
i pytałem: "Mogę uczyć pańską grupę?".
and said, "Can I teach your class?"
the first couple of times.
I kept doing it --
i próbowałem dalej
z wykładowców był pod wrażeniem.
the professor was very impressed.
"Nikt tego wcześniej nie robił".
has done this before."
z prezentacjami i wykładem.
with powerpoints and my lesson.
Włączę cię w mój grafik".
I'll fit you in my curriculum."
I was teaching a class.
to kiepskie zdjęcie.
this is a bad picture.
rejected by lighting, you know?
wyszedłem z płaczem,
I walked out crying,
zwyczajnie prosząc.
just by simply asking.
że muszę coś osiągnąć.
all these things --
albo zrobić doktorat, żeby uczyć.
or get a PhD to teach --
which you can't see --
that people who really change the world,
którzy naprawdę zmieniają świat,
and the way we think,
spotkało odrzucenie.
with initial and often violent rejections.
let rejection define them.
by odrzucenie ich definiowało.
reakcja na odrzucenie.
after rejection define themselves.
to learn about rejection,
żeby wiedzieć, czym jest odrzucenie.
bo wciąż przed nim uciekałem.
because I was running away from it.
the biggest gift in my life.
how to turn rejections into opportunities.
jak zmieniać odmowę w możliwości.
przezwyciężyć lęk przed odrzuceniem.
people overcome their fear of rejection.
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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