What Lori Gottlieb has said about Career reinvention
2 quotes · 1 episode · Aug 12, 2026
Lori Gottlieb, Psychotherapist, advice columnist and author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, has been quoted on Career reinvention 2 times in 1 episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, most recently on August 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gottlieb says awareness of mortality motivated her to leave medical school rather than spend two more years finishing it.
“just acknowledging that life has 100% mortality rate. And most of us don't know how or when we're going to die”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More (Aug 12, 2026) · Listen from 20:27
Gottlieb views her work in entertainment, medicine, journalism and therapy as a single career exploring human stories from different angles.
“So I don't feel like I had four different careers. I feel like I had one career”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More (Aug 12, 2026) · Listen from 19:40
Episodes
#879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and MoreThe Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 12, 2026 · 1 h 1 min
Tim Ferriss compiles stories of reinvention from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Lori Gottlieb, Suleika Jaouad, Samin Nosrat, Martine Rothblatt and Debbie Millman.
Others on Career reinvention
- Matthew McConaughey · 1 quote