Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection
Jia Jiang: 100 gün reddedilerek ne öğrendim
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
tecrübe etmemizi
of complimenting each other.
erdemini öğrenmemizi de istedi.
come to the front of the classroom,
and stacked them in the corner.
ve onları köşeye koydu.
birbirimize iltifat etmiyoruz?
and compliment each other?
someone's name called,
say anything nice about these people?"
söyleyecek kimse yok mu?" diyordu.
go get your gift and sit down.
neden hediyeni alıp oturmuyorsun?
something nice about you."
güzel bir şey söyleyebilir."
I remember this really well.
hatırladığımı biliyorsunuz.
hissettiğini bilmiyorum.
that she turned a team-building event
altı yaşındaki üç çocuk için
for three six-year-olds.
fark etmiş olmalı.
people get roasted on TV,
linç edildiğini gördüğünüzde
being in that situation again --
milletin içinde reddedilmektense
I know what I want to do now.
istediğimi biliyorum.
company in the world,
of conquering the world --
tamamen benimsedim --
I did write that letter.
but I did highlight some key words.
anahtar kelimeleri vurguladım.
to come to the United States.
where Bill Gates lived, right?
yaşadığı yer, değil mi?
of my entrepreneur journey.
başlangıcı olduğunu düşündüm.
for a Fortune 500 company.
pazarlama müdürüydüm.
who wrote that letter?
yeni bir fikir gelse,
in front of people in a group --
konuşmak istesem --
yaşındaki çocuk arasında
and the six-year-old.
kavgayı hissediyorum.
after I started my own company.
kurduktan sonra da sürdü.
my own company when I was 30 --
sooner or later, right?
with an investment opportunity,
that I wanted to quit right there.
o an orada bırakmak istedim.
after a simple investment rejection?
Bill Gates bırakır mıydı?
entrepreneur quit like that?
team or better product,
keep dictating my life anymore.
yön vermesine izin veremem.
and looked for help.
yardım aramaya başladım.
the fear of rejection?"
nasıl yenerim?" diye aradım.
of psychology articles
and pain are coming from.
of "rah-rah" inspirational articles
üstesinden gelin." konulu
just overcome it."
invented by this Canadian entrepreneur.
tarafından icat edilen bir oyun.
you go out and look for rejection,
reddedilme arıyorsunuz
you desensitize yourself from the pain.
acıya duyarlılığınızı yitiriyorsunuz.
I'm going to do this.
getting rejected 100 days."
hissedeceğim." dedim.
to where I was working.
büyük bir eleman gördüm.
sitting behind a desk.
walk of my life --
of my neck standing up,
100 dollars from you?"
100 dolar borç alabilir miyim?"
and I just ran.
myself getting rejected,
in "The Sixth Sense."
I could've negotiated.
the microcosm of my life.
bir versiyonu gibi hissettim.
and I went to the cashier and said,
ve kasaya gidip şöyle dedim:
like, "What's a burger refill?"
a drink refill but with a burger."
ama burgerle yapılıyor." dedim.
we don't do burger refill, man."
yapmıyoruz, adamım." dedi.
and I could have run, but I stayed.
ve koşabilirdim ama kaldım.
I'll tell my manager about it,
but sorry, we can't do this today."
ever done burger refill.
sanmıyorum.
I was feeling the first time
ölüm kalım hissi
I'm already learning things.
bu işi öğreniyorum.
Getting Olympic Doughnuts.
Olimpiyat Çöreği Al.
was turned upside down.
of the United States.
bir çörek dükkanı.
that look like Olympic symbols?
çörek yapabilir misiniz?
five doughnuts together ... "
bağlayacaksınız." dedim.
they could say yes, right?
the colors and the rings,
that looked like Olympic rings.
bir kutuyla geldi.
over five million views on Youtube.
beş milyondan fazla izlendi.
I was in newspapers,
started writing emails to me
göndermeye başladı:
doing is awesome."
did not do anything to me.
of my 100 days of rejection
I had this flower in my hand,
elimde çiçek vardı,
in your backyard?"
dikebilir miyim?"
anything I put in the backyard.
Connie ile konuş.
go across the street and talk to Connie.
kapısını çaldım.
on Connie's door.
in Connie's backyard.
after the initial rejection,
the guy didn't trust me,
I didn't look good.
iyi gözükmüyordum.
did not fit what he wanted.
to offer me a referral,
güvenmişti,
actually say certain things
one day I went to a Starbucks,
"Hey, can I be a Starbucks greeter?"
"Starbucks karşılayanı olabilir miyim?"
those Walmart greeters?
'hi' to you before you walk in the store,
sana selam veren insanlar vardır
don't steal stuff, basically?
emin olurlar.
to Starbucks customers."
deneyimi sunmak istiyorum." dedim.
that's a good thing, actually --
olduğunu düşünmüyorum.
it's a bad thing.
his name is Eric --
adı Eric --
"Emin değilim."
his whole demeanor changed.
all the doubt on the floor.
I was the Starbucks greeter.
Starbucks karşılayanı oldum.
that walked in,
what your career trajectory is,
ne yönde bilmiyorum ama,
because I mentioned, "Is that weird?"
çünkü "Bu garip mi?" diye sordum,
that means I wasn't weird.
garip olmadığımı gösteriyordu.
thinking just like him,
anlamına geliyor.
some doubt people might have
I could fulfill my life dream ...
soru sorarak
from four generations of teachers,
bir aileden geliyorum
if you became a teacher."
an entrepreneur, so I didn't.
yani olmadım.
to actually teach something.
her zaman hayalim olmuştur.
ders vermek istesem
of Texas at Austin,
and said, "Can I teach your class?"
"Sınıfınıza ders verebilir miyim?" dedim.
the first couple of times.
I kept doing it --
devam ettiğim için
the professor was very impressed.
has done this before."
with powerpoints and my lesson.
I'll fit you in my curriculum."
Programımı senin için ayarlarım." dedi.
I was teaching a class.
this is a bad picture.
bu kötü bir resim.
rejected by lighting, you know?
I walked out crying,
ağlayarak dışarı çıktım
just by simply asking.
gerçekleştirebileceğimi öğrendim.
all these things --
gerektiğini düşünürdüm,
or get a PhD to teach --
doktoramı yapmam gerektiğini.
which you can't see --
that people who really change the world,
dünyayı gerçekten değiştiren insanların,
and the way we think,
değiştiren insanların,
with initial and often violent rejections.
insanlar olduğunu öğrendim.
let rejection define them.
after rejection define themselves.
tepkiyi önemsiyorlar.
to learn about rejection,
bu insanlar olmamız gerekmiyor
because I was running away from it.
çünkü sürekli ondan kaçtım.
the biggest gift in my life.
hediyesine dönüştürdüm.
how to turn rejections into opportunities.
çevirebileceklerini öğretmeye başladım.
konuşmalarımı kullandım,
people overcome their fear of rejection.
yardımcı olacak teknoloji geliştiriyorum.
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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