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Rejection hurls a rock through the window of your confidence.

You probably have a rejection horror story, working up the courage to ask out your

crush only to have him ask what your name is. Or pouring your heart into a project only to spot

it in the boss's wastebasket.

But you probably have a good rejection story too.

The one where getting fired led to your dream job,

or a breakup led you to find your life partner.

These are the times when rejection is a blessing or a lesson in disguise.

Of course, the proud king of rejection is blogger Jia Jang.

If you don't already know his addictive 100 days of rejection

YouTube series, do yourself a favor and watch him try to get rejected by

asking for a haircut from a pet groomer, dancing gagnum style on a security camera, asking to take a nap at a mattress

store and so much more.

But you don't have to try to join a random stranger's Super Bowl party to practice the fine

art of getting rejected. This week here are five tips to help

you take the sting out of rejection.

Tip number one, think of rejection as a numbers game. A Gallup poll found that smokers have tried to

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