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Jia Jiang

Transform fear into opportunity with Jia Jiang, speaker and rejection expert. Jia works with organizations to build resilience, overcome rejection, and develop courage, delivering bestselling insights featured by global media with over 100 million social media views.

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Jia Jiang, Speaker | Author, Entrepreneur, Rejection Guy
Jia Jiang

Jia Jiang

San Francisco, United States

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Jia Jiang's biography

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  • Known as The Rejection Guy
  • Author of the #1 bestseller “Rejection Proof
  • Award-winning speaker on resilience, sales, and leadership
Jia Jiang is a serial author, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker known as the "Rejection Guy." His first book, “Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection,” became a #1 bestseller and is widely used in sales training, career development, and academic settings. He is currently writing his second book, “The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things.” Originally from Beijing, China, Jia moved to the United States as a teenager to pursue education and entrepreneurial aspirations. He earned a BA from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Duke University. After a successful marketing career at Dell, he transitioned into entrepreneurship and blogging. His project, “100 Days of Rejection Therapy,” gained international media attention. As an entrepreneur, Jia runs Rejection Therapy, a card game designed to help individuals confront their fear of rejection and build mental resilience. The game has garnered a significant following on social media, with over 100 million views on platforms like YouTube and TikTok. His personal YouTube channel and blog, RejectionTherapy.com, have over 112,000 subscribers. Additionally, he founded DareMe Labs, a consulting firm that assists corporate clients in fostering courage and creativity among their employees. Jia aims to inspire courage and discipline in his audiences, helping them achieve extraordinary success in their personal and professional lives.

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Topics, sessions and talks

What You Can Learn From 100 Days Of Rejection
Jia Jiang, an entrepreneur, faced his fear of rejection by embarking on a 100-day experiment in 2012, aiming to be rejected daily. This journey inspired his popular TED talk and bestselling book, "Rejection Proof." In his engaging presentation, Jia shares insights from his experiences, highlighting the significance of becoming rejection-proof. Attendees will learn essential strategies for transforming a "no" into a "yes" and techniques to increase their chances of receiving more affirmative responses.
The Power Of Rejection
Based on his acclaimed book "Rejection Proof," Jia Jiang explores powerful principles for overcoming the fear of rejection. Attendees will discover techniques to transform rejection into an advantage, learn how to deliver rejections effectively, and increase their chances of acceptance. The session also includes “Rejection in the Wild,” an engaging real-life exercise that promises to be both memorable and enlightening. Participants will leave equipped with practical skills to navigate rejection confidently.
DEI: Reach Beyond Your Box
Based on race, gender, education, and cultural background, society has put us into different boxes and tagged us with stereotypes and expectations. Equally damaging, however, are the ways we also conform to these boxes in unconscious ways. As an Asian American who has broken multiple boxes, Jia Jiang takes on the DE&I topic with a unique two-way approach for both organizations and individuals.
The Art Of Achieving Ambitious Things
Jia Jiang explores why we often fail to achieve our goals, noting that larger ambitions typically come with higher failure rates. He introduces his One Action Goal System, a method designed to simplify success by focusing on a single objective. Drawing from his upcoming book, "The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things", Jia shares strategies for turning dreams into actionable goals, fostering radical focus, and overcoming obstacles. Attendees will leave equipped with practical tools to realise their ambitions.

Why we recommend booking Jia

Book Jia Jiang to inspire your team to embrace rejection and cultivate resilience. His engaging storytelling and proven strategies will empower your audience to overcome fear, fostering a culture of courage and innovation. Transform challenges into opportunities for extraordinary success in your organisation.

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Testimonials

Jia is energetic, humorous, and engaging. A gifted speaker, Jia immediately connected with our audience and their response to his talk The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things was overwhelmingly positive. Not only did Jia share valuable lessons, he transformed these lessons into a message of empowerment. Jia's talk was particularly successful because he took the time to learn about the audience and weaved in practical and relatable stories. His insightful talk struck a human chord and was truly inspiring.

Charity

Director of Engineering, Google

Just WOW, really. That was way more than I could have ever hoped for, you were amazing at tying into the concepts we've been addressing this week – and THE best part - your authenticity is driving action. I have received feedback from almost every participant in the last hour, that's unbelievable! It's a testament to the message and the motivation it's driving. You are phenomenal in every way and a pure joy to work with, I hope to see you again soon.

Dell Technologies

Jia's passion, energy, and willingness to share personal examples of both fearing rejection and overcoming that fear encouraged us all to step outside our comfort zones and adjust the way we think about and interact with the world around us.

Sandra

Vice President Training Design, Citi

Featured Projects

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