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From Hire to Retire 2: Daring to Fail or Why Competence Can Be a Curse
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Most people who’ve made it know: there’s no success without failure. But learning how to recover and keep going after failure can be a challenge, even for seemingly successful people. Author Min Jin Lee gave up a career in law to become a professional writer, and confronted rejection, shame and her own fear of failure head-on. It took many years of struggle before her second novel Pachinko became a best-seller and was turned into an Apple TV series. She says the experience led her to believe that success and failure are the wrong metrics. Plus, sports psychologist Jonathan Fader explains how reframing our own narrative can help us move towards a growth mindset, where mistakes make us better.
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Further Reading:
Min Jin Lee’s Website
Jonathan Fader’s TED Talk
From the WSJ: Mastering the Art of ‘Failing Up’ at Work
Send us your best piece of career advice! Email aswework@wsj.com, or leave us a voicemail at 212-416-2394.
Further Reading:
Min Jin Lee’s Website
Jonathan Fader’s TED Talk
From the WSJ: Mastering the Art of ‘Failing Up’ at Work
Released:
May 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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