article_snippet.sent: a complete stranger asked you for $100, or offered you an apple in a parking lot without explanation are only two of the 100 challenges Chinese-born, American-based Jia Jiang put American-based Jia Jiang up to when American-based Jia Jiang decided to blog about "100 Days of Rejection", a project American-based Jia Jiang launched after American-based Jia Jiang quit
article_snippet.sent: American-based Jia Jiang comfortable six-figure job to follow American-based Jia Jiang dreams of being an entrepreneur at the age of 30, just weeks before American-based Jia Jiang
article_snippet.sent: After American-based Jia Jiang tech start-up was declined investment, Jiang decided to confront Jiang fear of rejection head-on.
article_snippet.sent: This led to Jiang writing Jiang book called Rejection Proof, part self-help and part motivational/autobiography, which is being released this week.
article_snippet.sent: Famously, in 2012 on American-based Jia Jiang third day of the project, Jiang asked Austin, Texas, Krispy Kreme manager (Jackie Braun) to make American-based Jia Jiang five interlinked donuts to mimic the Olympic symbol.
article_snippet.sent: To American-based Jia Jiang surprise, Austin, Texas, Krispy Kreme manager (Jackie Braun) rose to the challenge and American-based Jia Jiang rejection request faltered.
article_snippet.sent: American-based Jia Jiang shared American-based Jia Jiang video and his video went viral on Reddit.
article_snippet.sent: Before long, Jiang (and Braun) were invited on talk shows and Jiang was being asked to speak at events across the US.
article_snippet.sent: Jiang was even offered jobs as the project continued and Jiang fame grew.
article_snippet.sent: I'm really just a person trying to overcome my own fears," explained Jiang.
article_snippet.sent: the project started out to help "fix my own problems, and now I'm helping others fix others," Jiang said.
article_snippet.sent: Jiang, who as a child dreamed of being Bill Gates and has been viewed 7 million times on YouTube, has found Jiang entrepreneurial dream in a different role for the moment.
article_snippet.sent: By the end of Jiang project, Jiang said Jiang felt Jiang could ask anything from anyone and not have the pain of rejection.
highlights_snippet.sent: "100 Days of Rejection" took Jiang out of Jiang comfort zone .
  