Ten years ago, I gave a TEDx talk in Hong Kong entitled, “Reject Rejection.” The overall theme for the day was “Radical Resilience,” a topic that appealed to many people due to the increasing rates of ...

Those words stung. After several years in the corporate world, Jia Jiang had taken a huge risk when he attempted to start his own company. Now, his longtime fear of rejection had manifested itself ...

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