Learn to LOVE Rejection (like Jia Jiang) 100 Days of Rejection

Learn to LOVE Rejection (like Jia Jiang) 100 Days of Rejection Jia Jiang is working on a project where he is trying to have 100 rejections.  He comes up with ridiculously crazy requests thinking people will say NO WAY, videos them, and then shares on his blog: Entresting.com I learned about him when he didnt get rejected by the Krispy Kreme employee who said YES.  Video way below. As a job seeker I think we feel like we are living the 100+ days of rejection, right?  Jia is having a lot of fun doing this because there really isnt anything to lose. But as a job seeker, getting rejected means you might not be able to pay your bills, and a whole lot more (one of my favorite blog posts on this here).  It seems that EVERYTHING depends on NOT getting rejected, right? Theres a great Yahoo/Bloomberg/Businessweek article titled Rejection Therapy: A Hundred Days of No that talks about Jias project.  My buddy Marty Nemko, who interviewed me on his radio show, was quoted a few times. Read that article its juicy and great.  I know some of us are trained, like salespeople, to think: Each NO means Im closer to a YES! In other words, embrace the NO because that means you are getting closer to a YES. I think thats good advice, but for the person who keeps getting nos, that doesnt help much. At the end of the Yahoo article are four points, which I like: 1. Don’t look on the bright side 2. Accept that you’re not perfect 3. Watch out for paranoia 4. Try not to be a jerk The article breaks each of those four down. So, should we embrace the NOs?  Or is that too PolyAnna? I think we should. but HOW, when the stakes seem so high? Learn to LOVE Rejection (like Jia Jiang) 100 Days of Rejection Jia Jiang is working on a project where he is trying to have 100 rejections.  He comes up with ridiculously crazy requests thinking people will say NO WAY, videos them, and then shares on his blog: Entresting.com I learned about him when he didnt get rejected by the Krispy Kreme employee who said YES.  Video way below. As a job seeker I think we feel like we are living the 100+ days of rejection, right?  Jia is having a lot of fun doing this because there really isnt anything to lose. But as a job seeker, getting rejected means you might not be able to pay your bills, and a whole lot more (one of my favorite blog posts on this here).  It seems that EVERYTHING depends on NOT getting rejected, right? Theres a great Yahoo/Bloomberg/Businessweek article titled Rejection Therapy: A Hundred Days of No that talks about Jias project.  My buddy Marty Nemko, who interviewed me on his radio show, was quoted a few times. Read that article its juicy and great.  I know some of us are trained, like salespeople, to think: Each NO means Im closer to a YES! In other words, embrace the NO because that means you are getting closer to a YES. I think thats good advice, but for the person who keeps getting nos, that doesnt help much. At the end of the Yahoo article are four points, which I like: 1. Don’t look on the bright side 2. Accept that you’re not perfect 3. Watch out for paranoia 4. Try not to be a jerk The article breaks each of those four down. So, should we embrace the NOs?  Or is that too PolyAnna? I think we should. but HOW, when the stakes seem so high? Learn to LOVE Rejection (like Jia Jiang) 100 Days of Rejection Jia Jiang is working on a project where he is trying to have 100 rejections.  He comes up with ridiculously crazy requests thinking people will say NO WAY, videos them, and then shares on his blog: Entresting.com I learned about him when he didnt get rejected by the Krispy Kreme employee who said YES.  Video way below. As a job seeker I think we feel like we are living the 100+ days of rejection, right?  Jia is having a lot of fun doing this because there really isnt anything to lose. But as a job seeker, getting rejected means you might not be able to pay your bills, and a whole lot more (one of my favorite blog posts on this here).  It seems that EVERYTHING depends on NOT getting rejected, right? Theres a great Yahoo/Bloomberg/Businessweek article titled Rejection Therapy: A Hundred Days of No that talks about Jias project.  My buddy Marty Nemko, who interviewed me on his radio show, was quoted a few times. Read that article its juicy and great.  I know some of us are trained, like salespeople, to think: Each NO means Im closer to a YES! In other words, embrace the NO because that means you are getting closer to a YES. I think thats good advice, but for the person who keeps getting nos, that doesnt help much. At the end of the Yahoo article are four points, which I like: 1. Don’t look on the bright side 2. Accept that you’re not perfect 3. Watch out for paranoia 4. Try not to be a jerk The article breaks each of those four down. So, should we embrace the NOs?  Or is that too PolyAnna? I think we should. but HOW, when the stakes seem so high?