Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection
Jia Jiang: Was ich aus 100 Tagen Zurückweisung lernte
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.
hatte eine geniale Idee.
receiving gifts
wie es ist, Geschenke zu erhalten,
of complimenting each other.
einander Komplimente zu machen.
come to the front of the classroom,
nach vorne kommen.
and stacked them in the corner.
ihre Geschenke für uns.
and compliment each other?
nicht gegenseitig Komplimente?
someone's name called,
beim Namen genannt wurde,
say anything nice about these people?"
etwas Nettes über diese Leute?"
go get your gift and sit down.
eure Geschenke und setzt euch.
something nice about you."
etwas Nettes über euch." (Lachen)
I remember this really well.
daran gut erinnere.
that she turned a team-building event
dass ihre Teamentwicklung
for three six-year-olds.
zur öffentlichen Demütigung wurde.
people get roasted on TV,
being in that situation again --
als nochmal zu erleben,
zurückgewiesen zu werden.
I know what I want to do now.
was ich machen will.
company in the world,
of conquering the world --
I did write that letter.
Ich schrieb diesen Brief.
but I did highlight some key words.
aber einige Schlüsselworte sind markiert.
bekam ich die Gelegenheit,
to come to the United States.
where Bill Gates lived, right?
of my entrepreneur journey.
als Unternehmer beginnt.
for a Fortune 500 company.
bei einer "Fortune 500"-Firma.
who wrote that letter?
der den Brief schrieb?
in front of people in a group --
von Personen ansprechen --
and the six-year-old.
und dem 6-Jährigen in mir.
after I started my own company.
nachdem ich meine Firma gründete.
my own company when I was 30 --
sooner or later, right?
with an investment opportunity,
Finanzierungsmöglichkeit an
that I wanted to quit right there.
auf der Stelle aufgeben wollte.
after a simple investment rejection?
abgelehnten Finanzierung aufgeben?
entrepreneur quit like that?
einfach so aufgeben?
team or better product,
und ein besseres Produkt,
und Mensch besser sein.
keep dictating my life anymore.
nicht weiter bestimmen lassen.
and looked for help.
the fear of rejection?"
die Angst vor Zurückweisung?"
of psychology articles
Psychologie-Artikel darüber,
and pain are coming from.
of "rah-rah" inspirational articles
Motivations-Blabla:
just overcome it."
überwinde das einfach."
invented by this Canadian entrepreneur.
eines kanadischen Unternehmers.
you go out and look for rejection,
auf die Suche nach Ablehnung zu gehen
abgelehnt zu werden.
you desensitize yourself from the pain.
gegen den Schmerz.
das mache ich.
I'm going to do this.
getting rejected 100 days."
100 Tage lang abgelehnt zu werden."
abgelehnt werden könnte
to where I was working.
sitting behind a desk.
Typen am Schreibtisch.
walk of my life --
of my neck standing up,
100 dollars from you?"
von Ihnen 100 Dollar leihen?"
and I just ran.
myself getting rejected,
wie ich zurückgewiesen wurde
in "The Sixth Sense."
in "The Sixth Sense."
I could've negotiated.
the microcosm of my life.
der Mikrokosmos meines Lebens.
geringste Ablehnung verspüre,
and I went to the cashier and said,
like, "What's a burger refill?"
"Gratis-Nachschlag?"
a drink refill but with a burger."
Getränke nachfüllen, aber beim Burger."
we don't do burger refill, man."
keine Burger nach."
and I could have run, but I stayed.
weglaufen können, doch ich blieb.
I'll tell my manager about it,
but sorry, we can't do this today."
aber heute geht das nicht."
ever done burger refill.
I was feeling the first time
um Leben oder Tod,
I'm already learning things.
Getting Olympic Doughnuts.
was turned upside down.
of the United States.
that look like Olympic symbols?
die wie die Olympischen Ringe aussehen?
five doughnuts together ... "
they could say yes, right?
auf gar keinen Fall Ja sagen.
the colors and the rings,
that looked like Olympic rings.
die wie die Olympischen Ringe aussahen.
over five million views on Youtube.
5 Millionen Mal angesehen.
I was in newspapers,
started writing emails to me
doing is awesome."
did not do anything to me.
gaben mir gar nichts.
of my 100 days of rejection
wenn ich nicht weglief,
I had this flower in my hand,
Ich hatte eine Blume in der Hand,
in your backyard?"
in Ihrem Garten pflanzen?"
anything I put in the backyard.
go across the street and talk to Connie.
gehen Sie über die Straße zu Connie.
on Connie's door.
in Connie's backyard.
(Lachen)
after the initial rejection,
der ersten Ablehnung gegangen,
the guy didn't trust me,
I didn't look good.
nicht gut aussah.
did not fit what he wanted.
und was er wollte, passte nicht.
to offer me a referral,
um mich zu empfehlen,
actually say certain things
dass ich etwas sagen konnte,
one day I went to a Starbucks,
"Hey, can I be a Starbucks greeter?"
"Kann ich Starbucks-Begrüßer sein?"
ein Starbucks-Begrüßer?"
those Walmart greeters?
'hi' to you before you walk in the store,
bevor man in den Laden geht,
don't steal stuff, basically?
to Starbucks customers."
das wie bei Walmart erleben."
that's a good thing, actually --
ob das wirklich gut ist --
it's a bad thing.
dass es schlecht ist.
his name is Eric --
his whole demeanor changed.
veränderte sich sein Verhalten.
all the doubt on the floor.
die ganzen Zweifel ablegen.
I was the Starbucks greeter.
war ich Starbucks-Begrüßer.
that walked in,
what your career trajectory is,
beruflichen Ziele nicht --
because I mentioned, "Is that weird?"
"Ist das seltsam?" es mir ermöglichte.
that means I wasn't weird.
hieß, dass ich nicht seltsam war.
thinking just like him,
genauso wie er dachte
some doubt people might have
dadurch erlangte,
I could fulfill my life dream ...
meinen Lebenstraum erfüllen kann ...
from four generations of teachers,
Generationen langen Lehrerfamilie
was du willst,
if you became a teacher."
an entrepreneur, so I didn't.
sein, nicht Lehrer.
to actually teach something.
tatsächlich etwas zu vermitteln.
einfach am College frage,
of Texas at Austin,
and said, "Can I teach your class?"
"Kann ich eine Stunde unterrichten?"
the first couple of times.
I kept doing it --
Ich machte weiter --
the professor was very impressed.
war der Professor beeindruckt,
has done this before."
with powerpoints and my lesson.
mit Powerpoints und meiner Lektion.
I'll fit you in my curriculum."
Ich setze Sie in meinen Lehrplan."
I was teaching a class.
this is a bad picture.
Es ist ein schlechtes Bild.
rejected by lighting, you know?
hatte ich Tränen in den Augen,
I walked out crying,
durch bloßes Fragen
just by simply asking.
all these things --
so vieles erreichen --
or get a PhD to teach --
oder promovieren, um zu unterrichten --
which you can't see --
that people who really change the world,
Leute, die die Welt wirklich verändern,
and the way we think,
und wie wir denken,
with initial and often violent rejections.
oft auch gewaltsame.
let rejection define them.
durch Zurückweisung definieren.
after rejection define themselves.
auf Zurückweisung definieren.
to learn about rejection,
um Zurückweisung zu erlernen.
because I was running away from it.
weil ich vor ihr davonlief.
the biggest gift in my life.
das größte Geschenk in meinem Leben.
how to turn rejections into opportunities.
Zurückweisung zur Chance zu machen.
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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