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He claims that out of 25 people, he was the only one rejected for a job at KFC. That to me is more inspirational. On the other hand, could he be lying about som

He claims that out of 25 people, he was the only one rejected for a job at KFC. That to me is more inspirational. On the other hand, could he be lying about some of these hardships to make him seem more relatable?

antidaily 11y ago
Now THAT should have been the headline.
roymurdock 11y ago
"I applied for jobs 30 times - got rejected. I went for the police, they said 'No, you're not good.' I went to even the KFC, when KFC came to China, to my state - 24 people went for the job...23 people were accepted, I was the only guy. And when I went for the police, 5 people - 4 of them accepted, I was the only guy who did not receive it." Much more motivational than being turned down by Harvard...I seriously doubt he's lying, given that he failed middle school/high school/college exams multiple times.
- Loque 11y ago
  It could be that he wouldn't have been good at any of those things too, and this was apparent to the people interviewing him. I had real troubles with school, and jobs where I had no interest in, luckily I tripped into an industry I enjoy working in!
larrys 11y ago
I think that (rejected from KFC) is a variation of the "humble brag". A way of attempting to relate to people that are not billionaires as if to say "hey keep plugging away you could be me one day!". The fact is we don't know if the story is true first or why the KFC manager rejected him. Perhaps the KFC manager spotted that a guy like Jack was not simple enough or was to motivated or intense to stay for more than a week at that job. Not unusual for any company anywhere to reject people they feel are overqualified for a particular job for any number of reasons. Just because you tell Apple or Google you would be happy to start sweeping floors with your masters degree in computer science doesn't mean they are going to offer you a job doing that even if you would do a damn good job cleaning those floors.
JanezStupar 11y ago
Another possibility was that his family or himself got itself on a blacklist by the government and somebody hinted to his prospective employers that they do not want to hire that person. Or he could be full of shit. I like how interviewer called him out when he was talking about how inspired he is by Hollywood - that in reality he is looking to do business in Hollywood, not reach enlightenment.
wnevets 11y ago
it reminds me of the Einstein was bad at math myth.

antidaily 11y ago

Now THAT should have been the headline.

roymurdock 11y ago

"I applied for jobs 30 times - got rejected. I went for the police, they said 'No, you're not good.' I went to even the KFC, when KFC came to China, to my state - 24 people went for the job...23 people were accepted, I was the only guy. And when I went for the police, 5 people - 4 of them accepted, I was the only guy who did not receive it." Much more motivational than being turned down by Harvard...I seriously doubt he's lying, given that he failed middle school/high school/college exams multiple times.

Loque 11y ago
It could be that he wouldn't have been good at any of those things too, and this was apparent to the people interviewing him. I had real troubles with school, and jobs where I had no interest in, luckily I tripped into an industry I enjoy working in!

larrys 11y ago

I think that (rejected from KFC) is a variation of the "humble brag". A way of attempting to relate to people that are not billionaires as if to say "hey keep plugging away you could be me one day!". The fact is we don't know if the story is true first or why the KFC manager rejected him. Perhaps the KFC manager spotted that a guy like Jack was not simple enough or was to motivated or intense to stay for more than a week at that job. Not unusual for any company anywhere to reject people they feel are overqualified for a particular job for any number of reasons. Just because you tell Apple or Google you would be happy to start sweeping floors with your masters degree in computer science doesn't mean they are going to offer you a job doing that even if you would do a damn good job cleaning those floors.

JanezStupar 11y ago

Another possibility was that his family or himself got itself on a blacklist by the government and somebody hinted to his prospective employers that they do not want to hire that person. Or he could be full of shit. I like how interviewer called him out when he was talking about how inspired he is by Hollywood - that in reality he is looking to do business in Hollywood, not reach enlightenment.

wnevets 11y ago

it reminds me of the Einstein was bad at math myth.