What Janna Levin has said about Failure and resilience
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 4, 2026
Janna Levin, Theoretical cosmologist and professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, has been quoted on Failure and resilience once in 1 episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, most recently on September 4, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Janna Levin says her comfortable childhood had given her the false idea that life is good as long as you don't ruin it.
“I had been sold because of my kind of comfy childhood, an idea that life is great and just don't screw it up”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and More (Sep 4, 2026) · Listen from 48:22
Episodes
#881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and MoreThe Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 4, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Tim Ferriss compiles past interviews in which BJ Miller, Terry Crews, Tim McGraw, Dax Shepard, Cathy Lanier, Janna Levin and others describe turning setbacks into later success.
Others on Failure and resilience
- Dax Shepard · 1 quote
- Jessica Lahey · 1 quote
- Terry Crews · 1 quote
- Tim Ferriss · 1 quote
Janna Levin on other topics
- Reframing (psychology) · 1 quote