<p>Jia Jiang shares his story and the positive lessons that rejection can teach us to help individuals and organizations use rejection as a powerful advantage.</p>
<p>Jia is the owner of Rejection Therapy and author of “Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible, One Rejection at a Time,” an indispensable guide to overcoming rejection and living more boldly. After he left a career in the corporate world to pursue life as an entrepreneur, he was soon confronted with everyone's biggest fear – rejection.</p>
<p>To conquer this fear, Jia embarked on a courageous personal quest to seek out rejection, and documented his discoveries on his blog, 100 Days of Rejection.</p>
<p>With humor and authenticity, he shares his journey of triumph and self-discovery, leaving audiences with widely applicable strategies for embracing rejection in life and business. Participants also take away a better understanding of how much a world of opportunity can open up to us, if we take more chances and break out of our comfort zones.</p>
Leading Authority on Rejection and its Role in the Pursuit of Happiness, Entrepreneur & Author
<ul><li><strong>WHAT I LEARNED FROM 100 DAYS OF REJECTION</strong></li><li>Jia Jiang knows first-hand how the fear of rejection can hold us back. Our natural tendency to avoid it at all costs can be detrimental to our businesses, our careers, and our lives. Determined to change that, Jia takes us down a path where rejection, instead of being avoided, is deliberately and actively sought after. He asks complete strangers questions like, “Can I borrow $100? Can I speak over your store’s intercom? Can I get a burger refill?” The surprising answers led him to a whole new world. Jia’s keynote will help you overcome your fear of rejection and create opportunities you have never imagined.</li><li>Jia’s talk also works amazingly well to kick off events. As a key takeaway of his talk, Jia gives his audience a rejection challenge to take risks and make meaningful connections with strangers during the event, which naturally elevates attendee engagement and experience.</li><li><strong>THE POWER OF REJECTION</strong></li><li>Based on Jia’s #1 bestselling book - Rejection Proof, the workshop takes a deep dive into rejection proof principles to expose attendees to techniques in overcoming fears. It is designed to give the audience a completely new relationship with rejections and failures. They will learn to:</li><li>1. Demystify and understand rejection</li><li>2. Turn rejection into acceptance </li><li>3. Position their requests to get more YESes</li><li>4. Say NOs to others without hurting relationships</li><li>5. Turn rejection into assets rather than liabilities</li><li>If locations and circumstances permit, the audience will also experience “Rejection in the Wild” - an unforgettable, real-life rejection-seeking exercise on the street.</li></ul>