What Jessica Lahey has said about The Gift of Failure
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 4, 2026
Jessica Lahey, American educator and author of The Gift of Failure, has been quoted on The Gift of Failure 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
Jessica Lahey recounts that her editor declared her first draft of The Gift of Failure unpublishable.
“what she said was this. It still makes me want to throw up. She said, this book is unpublishable”
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 28:41
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#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.
Jessica Lahey on other topics
- Failure and resilience · 1 quote