A Rejection Expert on How to Ask for What You Want (Even If The Answer Is No)
About this episode
Jean Chatzky interviews Jia Jiang about overcoming rejection and building discipline in financial conversations.
You know that feeling when you should ask for the raise, have the hard money conversation with your partner, or push back on a bad deal… and you just don't? On today’s episode, Jean Chatzky sits down with Jia Jiang, the guy behind the viral "100 Days of Rejection" experiment, and author of the new book, Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things. Jia argues that lasting discipline comes from making hard things feel genuinely enjoyable, a lesson he learned firsthand while navigating undiagnosed ADHD. In this episode, Jean and Jia cover: Whether rejection therapy is actually a healthy way to build resilience What it means to love the process instead of just chasing the result The four principles of Easy Discipline — Enjoyment, Artistry, Systems, and Yourself — and how to apply them to your financial life Jean’s new book, The Forever Paycheck, is now available for pre-order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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