How to Use Human Nature for Making Us Better

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I feel very inspired by this idea of running my own experiment where i sat a number of das, and then i just try and get one rejection every single day. And how can people get involved in it or use it in their own ins? So you can go to a web site, rejection thiry dot com, and you can find a place where we inrol in a bata,. Or try to ally our psychology to our actions to be better human is acially going a little against huan nature. To take actions, we'll have to constantly fight over our urge to be lazy, to be entertainind to be distracted, to procrastinate. Well, have to take

We experience rejection all the time–in job interviews, while dating, when pitching a story or even trying to join a new club or activity. But if rejection happens so often, why is it so scary? And worse, what if our fear of being rejected is keeping us from going after the things we want? Jia Jiang is kind of a rejection expert–he’s gone from a career in the corporate world to the risky world of entrepreneurship. To conquer his fear of rejection, he started the 100 Days of Rejection Therapy blog, where he documented an experiment in which he willfully sought rejection on a daily basis. Now he’s authored a bestselling book, and owns a company dedicated to helping people overcome their fear of rejection. In this episode, he shares what he’s learned over the years on how to turn fear into triumph.