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Jia Jiang

World’s Foremost Authority on Rejection, Top Inspirational and Resilience Keynote, Most-Viewed TED Talk Speaker, Toastmasters Golden Gavel Winner, Bestselling Author of Rejection Proof

One of the most-viewed TED speakers of all time, bestselling author and entrepreneur Jia Jiang has made becoming rejection-proof the ultimate superpower for success-seeking Fortune 500 audiences. His inspiring, research-based keynotes are known for laugh-out-loud stories from his fascinating life and professional journey, motivating all of us to become fearless in pursuit of our goals and dreams. And now, drawing upon his upcoming book, The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things (Simon & Schuster, May 2026), Jia reveals a breakthrough system for amplifying performance and making any objective attainable.

  • Jia Jiang Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $20,001 - $30,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

  • Jia Jiang Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    $20,001 - $30,000

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    California, USA

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Resilience Through Rejection

For too many of us, the fear of rejection is the #1 obstacle to achieving our goals and dreams. It’s our natural tendency to avoid the risk of rejection, even when it’s detrimental to our businesses, careers, and lives. Nobody knows this ...

For too many of us, the fear of rejection is the #1 obstacle to achieving our goals and dreams. It’s our natural tendency to avoid the risk of rejection, even when it’s detrimental to our businesses, careers, and lives. Nobody knows this like entrepreneur Jia Jiang. To overcome his own fear of rejection, he conducted an experiment in which he purposely sought it out every day for 100 days. From asking complete strangers for $100 to requesting a “burger refill” at a fast food restaurant, Jia’s experiences (and surprising results) became the basis for one of the most-watched TED Talks of all time (top 200 out of 60,000) and the bestselling book: Rejection Proof.  It also transformed Jia Jiang into the world’s foremost authority on rejection. In this engaging presentation, Jia shares insightful—and often laugh-out-loud—stories from his 100 Days of Rejection. Audiences learn how to become more resilient and make becoming rejection-proof their superpower for success in life. He also explores the basic principles of turning a NO into YES, as well as how to get more YESes. By transforming a keynote speech into a unique and  inspiring experience, Jia has earned rave reviews from Fortune 500 audiences and praise from individuals who have thanked him for changing their lives.

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The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things

Why do we usually fail in achieving our goals? “The bigger the outcome, the bigger the failure rate,” says Jia Jiang. “That’s why New Year’s resolutions usually fail, and why businesses always get too busy to stay focused.” Jia’s ...

Why do we usually fail in achieving our goals? “The bigger the outcome, the bigger the failure rate,” says Jia Jiang. “That’s why New Year’s resolutions usually fail, and why businesses always get too busy to stay focused.” Jia’s proven solution: simplify success by relentlessly focusing on one thing—what he has named the One Action Goal. Drawing from his upcoming book, The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things (Simon & Schuster, May 2026), and more than a decade of coaching clients to success, Jia provides a playbook for achieving any personal, professional, or organizational goal. Determined to put success within everyone’s reach, Jia shares his One Action Goal System, including:

  • Turning ambitious objectives into your One Action Goal
  • Routinizing your dreams and fail-proofing your environment
  • Using your One Action Plan to accelerate your ideas
  • Developing radical focus on your One Action Goal
  • Overcoming barriers to achievement with a framework for success

Highlighted by Jia’s signature humor and storytelling talent made famous in his “100 Days of Rejection” TED talk and acclaimed book, Rejection Proof, this highly motivational talk outlines a path to success that anyone can achieve. Audiences are electrified by Jia’s passion for empowering their dreams—gaining game-changing tools that they can immediately put into action.

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KEYNOTE ADD-ON: 28-DAY REJECTION THERAPY™ SALES TRAINING

In four weeks, Jia will take your team on a one-of-a-kind journey – a sales training program that is wholly action-based. It asks your team to seek, confront, and overcome rejection. It aims to increase sales volume and teach your team how to handle rejection. ...

In four weeks, Jia will take your team on a one-of-a-kind journey – a sales training program that is wholly action-based. It asks your team to seek, confront, and overcome rejection. It aims to increase sales volume and teach your team how to handle rejection. Rejection Therapy™ Sales Training is fun and camaraderie-building and directly improves your bottom line within 28 days.

The training program includes:

  • One 45-minute group coaching and one 30-minute halfway Q&A
  • 28 days of client outreach challenge to build rejection muscle
  • Daily accountability check-ins through texting with my team
  • Personalized progress tracking
  • Daily accountability check-ins through texting

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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 ...

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.

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About Keynote Speaker 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.

Testimonials

“Jia was incredible! He really resonated with the team, and I know we’ll take his learnings with us for quite some time.”

J.P.

Challenge Dairy Products, Inc.

“Jia Jiang was absolutely wonderful.  He was funny, engaging, and he connected with everyone that attended.  I cannot say enough good things about him as a speaker.”

Insurance Company

 

“Jia is energetic, humorous, and engaging. A gifted speaker, Jia immediately connected with our audience and their response to his talk “The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things” was overwhelmingly positive. Read More

Charity L.

Dir. of Engineering, Google Search

“Very funny in telling his story as well as weaving the positive side of his journey into the hope as well as the resilience.  Great mixture of solid message and delivered it with talent around turning rejection into positive.  Managed to use great humor on a subject that could be seen as negative.” Read More

Medical Association

 

“You should know what an outstanding job you did and how relevant your message was for our employees especially considering recent events at our company… your impact on our organization was profound.”

Financial Services Company

Joy M.

“Jia was fantastic and we have heard nothing but great reviews of his presentation.  He was so easy to work with and very communicative onsite.”

Senior Meeting Planner

American Optometric Association

“Thank you so much for joining us at Sales Kick Off. BDR Nation loved their time with you and have been relaying the best feedback. So much so, that our senior director would like to send a copy of your book to his entire team!”

Sr Sales Enablement Specialist

UKG

“I love the positivity (learning) from the experiences. I never thought about how my fear has caused me to miss things in my life. This is life-changing.”

Diana

Dell Technologies

“Just WOW, really.  That was way more than I could have ever hoped for, you were amazing at tying into the concepts we’ve been addressing this week – and THE best part – your authenticity is driving action.  I have received feedback from almost every participant in the last hour, that’s unbelievable!  It’s a testament to the message and the motivation it’s driving.

Dell Technologies

2020 Virtual Event

“Jia’s passion, energy, and willingness to share personal examples of both fearing rejection and overcoming that fear encouraged us all to step outside our comfort zones and adjust the way we think about and interact with the world around us.”

Sandra Lindner

Vice President Training Design, Citi

“Wow, this is huge! Thank you for the opportunity to hear Jia. His adventures are awesome!”

Michael

Dell Technologies

“Jia’s talk about rejection was amazing! I had chills and tears, my fave kind of talk!”

Nancy Duarte

Bestselling author of Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

“Wow, I absolutely loved the concept of practicing failure. I want to explore his YouTube a bit more this afternoon. What a great speaker!”

Angela

Dell Technologies

“We had a great talk today. It was funny, inspiring.”

Tony Hsieh

CEO, Zappos

“The baddest ass of them all! LOVE!”

Raven

Dell Technologies

“(Jia) did such a great talk and we got a lot of comments from people thinking he was amazing and there were some good questions as well for the Q&A in the end.”

Financial services client

 

“We want to thank you for an outstanding event! Sharing your life experiences on rejection during the presentation was funny, enjoyable and eye opening. Rejection is a reality we all face. Read More

Jane and Coleen

Biotech Industry

Media

Article

Oct 23, 2024

Social Media Trend is Giving GenZ More Courage! Hear from Founder Jia Jiang on how it can make your Organization Rejection-proof

Jia Jiang’s ‘Rejection Therapy’ went mainstream! Currently trending on TikTok, Jia’s groundbreaking method encourages people to confront their fear of...

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Article

Aug 8, 2024

The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things: NEW Sizzle Reel from Jia Jiang!

“The Rejection Guy,” Jia Jiang has a brand new sizzle reel, showcasing how through inspiration, laughter, and insights, he can...

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Article

Jul 19, 2024

Jia Jiang Secures Deal with Simon & Schuster for His Transformative New Book, "The Art of Achieving Ambitious Things"

Congratulations to BigSpeak exclusive speaker Jia Jiang, on landing a deal with Simon & Schuster for his second book, The...

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Article

Sep 26, 2023

NEW Keynote from Jia Jiang: The One Action Goal

  THE ONE ACTION GOAL: ACHIEVE BIG BY DOING ONLY ONE THING Why do we usually fail in achieving our...

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Article

May 8, 2023

Jia Jiang’s TED Talk just hit 10 Million Views!

Jia Jiang‘s TED Talk ‘What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection’ just reached 10 million views! That’s a lot...

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Article

Feb 28, 2023

Too Afraid of Rejection to Make the First Move? Jia Jiang Recommends a Healthy Helping of Rejection Therapy

Exclusive BigSpeak speaking partner and founder of Rejection Therapy Jia Jiang has acted as a consultant  for many audiences, from...

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Article

Feb 2, 2023

Healing from Rejection: Insights from Resilience Speaker Jia Jiang

Rejection hurts, there’s no sugar coating it. It’s that heart-sinking feeling that makes us wonder why we aren’t good enough–and...

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Article

Sep 8, 2022

Jia Jiang on how to not let rejection deter you from getting what you want

We’ve all been rejected at some point in our lives. It’s not a fun experience, but it’s something that we...

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Aug 4, 2022

Change your Relationship with Rejection and Failure with Jia Jiang

Did you know that when we experience rejection, the same areas of the brain activate as when we experience physical...

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