Eliminate Fear of Rejection

Become Rejection Proof by Seeking it Out

Dave Wentworth
2 min readJun 2, 2023

Jia Jiang rang a strangers doorbell.

He was holding a soccer ball and wearing shin-guards.

The person came to the door, confused.

Jia made his pitch: “Can I play soccer in your backyard?”

The person said, “… I guess so?”

What if you had no fear of being turned down? What could you accomplish? That’s exactly what Jia Jiang sought to find out in Rejection Proof.

Photo by Gemma Evans on Unsplash

You don’t get what you don’t ask for.

Much like Toastmasters “exposure-therapy” works for public speaking, Jia designed his 100 days of rejection experiment to progressively expose him to more and possible rejection to reinforce that rejection is normal, natural and not deadly.

How Can Rejection Therapy Work for You?

Whether it’s your proposal to a prospective client or a your attempt at meeting new people at a bar, your brain seeks to avoid being

  1. Rejection happens, don’t take it personally, be tough and move on. Amazing things happen when you have nothing to los
  2. Most likely the biggest reason people do not talk about rejection is because they find it easier to talk…

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Dave Wentworth

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