10 Ideas That Involve Rejections To Build Mental Toughness

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed." - MJ

In the business world, I am assuming that the missed shots are equivalent to the rejections you had to go through. One way to define success is by the number of rejections you have experienced.

Meet Maggie, she challenged herself to a week of rejection.
"Turns out, if you don't ask, you don't get. I've gotten access to some crazy experiences and met some really cool people. Also got a ton of free stuff."
https://twitter.com/cxqmaggie/status/1500838871281676292?s=20&t=aoSEkdYcVpb5scG5u226Eg

Here is an idea list to build my mental toughness:

1. Write for major publications: Forbes, Financial Times, VentureBeat, The Verge, WIRED, etc.

2. Be on a board for a big public company

3. Speak in front of 1000~ people, maybe in AWS ReInvent

4. Apply for a week Internship as an apprentice for a 3 star Michelin Chef

5. Join the Great British Bake Off reality show

6. Start a podcast and invite James Altucher as my first guest

7. Reach out to 1000 potential clients within a month

8. Write a song for each of my favorite singers and convince them to sing it

9. Do 10 Standup comedy shows when traveling

10. Register to be the next prime minister of Japan

Younes Hairej