Theo’s story got so popular that companies started contacting him. They wanted to hire the guy who got rejected 500 times. Because let’s be honest: that kind of resilience is rarer than a unicorn with a résumé. He even launched a newsletter called “Get Rejected, Get Hired.”
I mean, think about it. Five hundred rejections. That’s roughly the same number of times I’ve checked my fridge hoping to find pizza when I only bought sad vegetables. Except Theo’s fridge was full of lessons.
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How to Start Your Own Rejection Collection
Here’s a simple plan: apply for one job a day. A weird job. Pitch yourself as a “Chief Tasting Officer” for a chocolate brand. Offer to write a song about their product. Send a video of you doing a handstand while reciting their mission statement. The stranger, the better.
When they say no, thank them. Say you’re adding it to your collection. Then move on. After three weeks, you’ll have 21 rejections. After a year, you’ll have 365. It becomes a funny side quest—like training for a marathon, except the finish line is a giant pile of “thanks but no thanks.”
