Failure and resilience
Subject in Self-Improvement
Failure and resilience has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Tim Ferriss Show. 5 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Janna LevinTheoretical cosmologist and professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College
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
Dax ShepardAmerican actor and host of Armchair Expert; this label carries his show open and his 'robot' voice bit
Shepard says the TV role he reluctantly took on Parenthood turned out to be his best acting experience.
“I reluctantly was on this show, Parenthood, because I was at a lull in my career. Best experience I've ever had as an actor”
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 36:21
Jessica LaheyAmerican educator and author of The Gift of Failure
Lahey attributes her later success not to talent but to humility in learning from criticism.
“So it's not that I'm a great writer. It's that I was humble enough to say, teach me how to be better”
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 29:40
Terry CrewsAmerican actor, television host and former NFL player
Crews notes that the game itself was unimportant but the lesson from it continues to guide him.
“no one ever remembers that game. It's one of the least important things in my life. But the lesson I learned is still guiding me today”
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 9:24
Tim FerrissAmerican author, podcaster and investor, host of The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss challenges listeners to reconsider their excuses after hearing Miller's story.
“what bullshit excuses do you have for not going after whatever it is that you want?”
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 4:26
Podcasts
- The Tim Ferriss Show · 1 episode
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.