Jia Jiang

But before long, the motivation faded, distractions took over, and you found yourself wondering whether the problem was your willpower, your habits, or how about this, maybe even something about you.

Well, my guest today, Jia Jiang, knows that feeling well.

Growing up, he was seen, he tells in the book, as lazy and hopeless.

He struggled to pay attention in school, but the same mind that wandered during class was constantly inventing games and stories and characters and competitions.

Today's tip is that if fear of rejection is getting in your way, focus on the process of what you want to do and not the results.

Today's tip comes from author and entrepreneur Jia Jiang, who was a guest on this podcast recently.

Jia explained that sometimes people are afraid to pursue a goal because they are worried about whether they will succeed at it.

He says not to worry about failure or rejection or the outcome.

One of them is rejection therapy.

There's a man called Jia Jiang who played a game called 100 Days of Rejection.

And he went into shops and things, making the most ridiculous requests to see if he could get a no, to see if he can get a rejection.

And, um, yeah, like for example, he just would, we went up to a security guard and said, can you give me a hundred dollars, please? And the man was like, no, success.