Here's Why Someone Would Seek Rejection for 30 Days Straight
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Here's Why Someone Would Seek Rejection for 30 Days Straight
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#2The original post on HN:
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#3I really want to see a journal of someone who tried this: what they asked for, what was surprisingly accepted and how rejections were issued.
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#4is it still worth the effort to try things that you don't actually want?
seems to me that not only will you not feel the pain of rejection, you also won't be able to reap the benefit when there's an unexpected yes.
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#5I really want to see a journal of someone who tried this: what they asked for, what was surprisingly accepted and how rejections were issued.
I think HN member Jason Shen is on the fourth week of the 30 day challenge right now (although he hasn't posted about it yet): http://www.jasonshen.com/2010/the-rejection-therapy-challeng...
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#6There's another name for rejection therapy -- it's called sales work.
Typically it's the kind of sales work hackers dislike. But plenty of people have built good careers around a sunny tolerance for rejection. Real estate agents, insurance sales people, cold callers, door-to-door sales people -- all of them experience many rejections for each closed sale.
One successful sales person told me that "it's just a numbers game." I still think about this with every rejection I receive.
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#7is it still worth the effort to try things that you don't actually want? seems to me that not only will you not feel the pain of rejection, you also won't be able to reap the benefit when there's an unexpected yes.
The reward is realizing that the pain of being rejected is negligible.
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#8is it still worth the effort to try things that you don't actually want? seems to me that not only will you not feel the pain of rejection, you also won't be able to reap the benefit when there's an unexpected yes.
It's really the journey (the exercise) and not the destination (the end result/benefit).
So yes, it can be worth it just for the experience.
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#9There's another name for rejection therapy -- it's called sales work. Typically it's the kind of sales work hackers dislike. But plenty of people have built good careers around a sunny tolerance for rejection. Real estate agents, insurance sales people, cold callers, door-to-door sales people -- all of them experience many rejections for each closed sale. One successful sales person told me that "it's just a numbers…
There's another name for rejection therapy
Or "marriage."
Re: Here's Why Someone Would Seek Rejection for 30 Days Straight
#10is it still worth the effort to try things that you don't actually want? seems to me that not only will you not feel the pain of rejection, you also won't be able to reap the benefit when there's an unexpected yes.
The reward is realizing that the pain of being rejected is negligible.
but there is no pain if you don't have any expectation!