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Jia Jiang
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January 17 - October 3, 2020
Quarterback Tom Brady was passed over 198 times in the 2000 NFL draft before finally being selected by the New England Patriots.
Brady has since become one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, winning three ...
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Apple founder Steve Jobs was told by a playmate that he was unwanted and abandoned.
Each of them saw rejection as “wood on the fire,” as Michael Jordan so eloquently put it. It simply added more flame to the ambition they already had brewing.
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
100 DAYS OF REJECTION: SOLICITING MONEY...
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“When advertising fails, don’t blame the customers. Blame the message.”
Blinded by their own expectations and emotions, rejectees often fail to take advantage of the feedback given by a rejector.
WORTHINESS
countless examples of people who were rejected or even persecuted for their beliefs but vindicated by time.
Galileo’s scientific theories being declared heretical
Vincent van Gogh, whose work now sells for millions but who was deemed a failure ...
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Companies, organizations, parents, teachers, and our society as a whole universally praise creativity and thinking outside of the box. However, when creativity actually happens, it is often met with rejection, because it frequently disrupts order and rules.
book The Innovator’s Dilemma,
Clayton Chri...
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A study done by University of Pennsylvania psychologist Jennifer Mueller is called The Bias Against Creativity: Why People Desire but Reject Creative Ideas.
creativity
presents a level of un...
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As human beings, we crave certain and predic...
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George Bernard Shaw famously said, “All great truths begin as blasphemies.”
Mahatma Gandhi said: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
if someone thinks your idea is “incredibly stupid,” consider the possibility that you might be onto something.
CHARACTER BUILDING
100 DAYS OF REJECTION: GIVE A SIDEWALK SPEECH
people fear public speaking more than th...
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The $100 Startup.
LESSONS
Motivation: Rejection can be used as one of the strongest motivations to fuel someone’s fire for achievement. 2. Self-Improvement: By taking the motion out of rejection, one can use it as an effective way to improve an idea or product. 3. Worthiness: Sometimes it is good to be rejected, especially if public opinion is heavily influenced by group and conventional thinking, and if the idea is radically creative. 4. Character Building: By seeking rejection in tough environments, one can build up the mental toughness to take on greater goals.
CHAPTER 10
FINDING MEANING
100 DAYS OF REJECTION: MAKE DC SMILE
Massoud Adibpour
Make DC Smile.
FINDING EMPATHY
100 DAYS OF REJECTION: INTERVIEW A PANHANDLER
“Empathy fuels connection, while sympathy drives disconnection,” she said. “Empathy is feeling with people…. When someone is in a deep hole and they shout out from the bottom and say ‘I’m stuck, it’s dark, I’m overwhelmed.’ And then we look and we say ‘Hey’ and we climb down: ‘I know what it’s like down here, and you are not alone.’ Sympathy is [someone saying from the top] ‘Ooh! It’s bad, huh? You want a sandwich?’”
Stephen Covey,
book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,
“When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That’s when you can ge...
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FINDING VALUE
100 DAYS OF REJECTION: INTERVIEW A FEMALE BODYBUILDER
Is your dream bigger than your rejections? If it is, maybe it’s time to keep going, instead of giving up.
FINDING MISSION
LESSONS
1. Find Empathy: All rejections are shared by many people in the world. One can use rejection and suffering to obtain empathy and understanding of other people. 2. Find Value: Repeated rejections can serve as the measuring stick for one’s resolve and belief. Some of the greatest triumphant stories come only after gut-wrenching rejections. 3. Find Mission: Sometimes the most brutal rejections in life signal a new beginning and mission for the rejectee.
CHAPTER 11
FINDING FREEDOM
FREEDOM TO ASK
100 DAYS OF REJECTION: FLY A PLANE
Looking back over my 100 Days of Rejection, had I not asked, there were so many experiences I would not have had, from the silly to the profound: the Olympic donuts, having a talk-show host sing to my son on national TV, learning to be a greeter and a panhandler, becoming a professor and an office manager for a day, touring a fire station and a hotel, buying a McGriddles in the afternoon, assembling a smile-giving team in Washington, DC, giving a speech on the street, and learning more about the profession of female bodybuilding than I ever thought I would.
