Dr. Eli Joseph on the Benefits of ”Rejection Resumes” and Mistakes

<p><a href='https://markgraban.com/mistake226'>Episode page with transcript, video, and more</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #226 of the <a href='http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/'>My Favorite Mistake podcast</a> is <a href='https://www.drelijoseph.com/'>Dr. Eli Joseph</a>. He is an author, educator, and 3-time TEDx speaker who currently serves as a faculty member at Columbia University, New York University, and UCLA.</p> <p>Using rejection to fuel his professional achievements, Dr. Joseph earned his bachelor’s degree at the age of 20, a master’s degree at the age of 21, and earned a doctorate degree at Felician University while teaching at Columbia University at the age of 24, and became a Quest Diagnostics business partner at the age of 25.</p> <p>He’s the author of the book, <a href='https://amzn.to/3OZnQKN'>The Perfect Rejection Resume: A Reader’s Guide to Building a Career Through Failure</a> (February 22, 2022).</p> <p>In this episode, Eli shares his favorite mistake story about being rejected for an internship with JP Morgan Chase in 2015. How did this inspire him to write a book on rejection resumes? Why share rejections publicly? We discuss all of that and more.</p> <p>Questions and Topics:</p> <ul><li>So that “favorite mistake” rejection is on your rejection resume??</li> <li>What inspired you to write the book on rejection resumes?</li> <li>Why share failures or rejections publicly?</li> <li>What does it mean to get vaccinated by failure?</li> <li>Failures, rejections, mistakes — get back on direction or a new direction??</li> <li>Gianis Antetokounmpo — failure question — <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZwlAzr44ys&amp;ab_channel=NBAonESPN'>link to the video</a></li> <li>Book: “addressing the lessons learned from our failures”?</li> <li>How to make sure we really learn?</li> <li>Why do we love to blame others?</li> <li>Time management — future book, mistakes around that?</li> </ul> <p> </p> --- Support this podcast: <a href='https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/favorite-m