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Jia Jiang
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- Jia Jiang is a top resilience keynote speaker with one of the most viewed TED Talks and the bestselling author of Rejection Proof. In 2019, Toastmasters International awarded Jiang the Golden Gavel, which is given annually to honor the best keynote speaker in the industry. In his book, website, and talks, Jiang provides inspiration and knowledge for people and organizations to become fearless through rejection training.
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Meet Jia Jiang
Rising to notoriety with his most-viewed TED Talk (top 200 out of 60,000), What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection, which became the basis for his bestselling book and #1 audio book, Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection, Jia Jiang has become the world’s foremost expert on rejection. A top-booked speaker, Jia is the sought-after authority on empowering confidence and resilience, overcoming one’s fear of rejection, and daring to be bolder in both life and career. His upcoming book, The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things (Simon & Schuster, May 2026), expands on his mission to help anyone overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams and goals by adopting his breakthrough One Action Goal system. Jia’s tenacious (and often, humorous) journey from teenage Chinese exchange student to entrepreneur and high performance, personal development guru has captivated Fortune 500 audiences such as Google, Dell Technologies, Johnson & Johnson, Visa, Allstate and others. He consistently earns rave reviews and the personal thanks of audience members who credit Jia with changing their lives.
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Did you hear the one about the guy that asked for a “burger refill” at a fast food restaurant? Got a flight attendant to let him grab the mic and address a plane full of passengers? Or, asked Krispy Kreme to make doughnuts in the shape of Olympic rings—and succeeded? These are just a few of the very creative—and sometimes, outrageous—asks that were part of Jia Jiang’s now legendary “100 Days of Rejection,” the blog that became the basis for his most-viewed TED Talk and bestselling book. Stories like this are an integral part of what Jia brings to the speaking stage, along with remarkable journey of an ambitious teenager from Beijing who longed to be an entrepreneur like his idol, Bill Gates, and followed his dream by becoming an exchange student in the U.S. (only to find himself in rural Louisiana teaching himself English).
Today, in addition to writing his new book, The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things (Simon & Schuster, May 2026), speaking, and blogging, Jia Jiang (pronounced Jah Jahng) has achieved his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. He is the CEO and owner of Rejection Therapy, a website that provides inspiration, knowledge and products to help people overcome their fear of rejection. He is also the CEO and founder of Wuju Learning (Wuju means “fearless” in ancient Chinese), a company that trains organizations to become fearless through rejection training. In 2022, he became a Board Member of LifeHikes®, a global professional development company that has been called the “secret weapon” of companies like Alibaba, Facebook, Dropbox, and Google. Prior to taking the life-altering risk of becoming an entrepreneur, he worked in the corporate world at Dell Technologies and LinkedIn.
Jia’s powerful and empowering story has been shared across business and popular media, including NPR, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Guardian, CNN, TIME Magazine, Inc., and others.
He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University.
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What you can learn from 100 days of rejection
The fear of rejection can hold you back. Our natural tendency is to avoid it at all costs which can be detrimental to our businesses, careers, and lives. In 2012, to overcome his own fear of rejection, entrepreneur jia jiang started an experiment to be rejected every day for 100 days. The result became the basis of his #3 viewed ted talk of 2017 and bestselling book: rejection proof. In this engaging presentation, jia shares stories from his rejection experiment to teach you the importance of becoming rejection-proof, the basic principles of turning a no into yes, as well as how to get more yeses.
Workshop: the power of rejection
Based on his #1 bestselling book – rejection proof, this workshop takes a deep dive into rejection-proof principles to expose attendees to techniques in overcoming fears. The audience will learn to turn rejection to advantage, how to give rejections, and to get more acceptances. They will also go through “rejection in the wild” – an unforgettable, real-life rejection-seeking exercise. This workshop is 1-4 hours long.
Hybrid: keynote and power of rejection workshop
A program that combines both the keynote speech and workshop. This option is the most popular among our enterprise clients. This workshop lasts 2-4 hours.
A day of rejection therapy
This event thoroughly prepares attendees for any obstacles that come their way. They will take a deeper look at the principles of rejection and then apply them. This option is perfect for organizations hosting multi-day events for clients and employees.
Influence beyond your box
Based on race, gender, education or job function, society and organizations put us into different boxes and tag us with stereotypes. Even more damaging, however, are the boxes we unconsciously put ourselves in. In this talk, jia teaches organizations and individuals how to lead and influence beyond their boxes.
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