Well, maybe not invincible, but you know what we mean. There’s a new idea circulating among business leaders and entrepreneurs. It’s not mindset or grit, but of course those are important. It’s rejection therapy. Some people think part of the reason for higher than average success of dyslexic people as CEOs and entrepreneurs is that they’re pretty much bullet-proof by the time they survive unrecognized dyslexia and the stressful bullying and teasing years of childhood. So what is the therapy in rejection therapy? It’s one of the oldest ideas in psychology – exposure. Increase resistance or tolerance to rejection by seeking it out. One popularizer of the idea is Jia Jiang, a startup CEO who realized that he hated being rejected when he pitched the […]
How To Become Invincible – Sort Of
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