Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2026-09-04
Books mentioned on #881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and More
This is a special episode about overcoming mistakes and failure. What do you do when your work is rejected, when the big bet fails, or when the path ahead suddenly disappears?
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A Beginner's Guide to the End
“co-founder of virtual palliative care service, Metal Health, and co-author of A Beginner's Guide to the End.”
Passing Tribe of Mentors
“And the story, one of the stories that you put in Tribe of Mentors is related to my question related to favorite failures or a failure that set you up for later success.”
Plugged The Gift Of Failure
“Jessica Leahy is an educator and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation. So I wrote The Gift of Failure. It was my first book.”
Passing The Addiction Inoculation
“Jessica Leahy is an educator and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation.”
Plugged The Gift Of Failure
“And those two chapters turned into four, which turned into six, which turned into the whole book. No ghostwriter, which turned into a New York Times bestselling book.”
Plugged The Gift Of Failure
“I will take it to heart and I will be able to be objective about it and I will use it and I won't make these same mistakes again. So when I handed in not only Gift of Failure, but then the next book”
Passing Tribe of Mentors
“Let's use this as a segue to an answer that you provided very graciously in my last book, Tribe of Mentors. I asked a question. In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life?”
Passing Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
“Last but not least, Boyd Vardy. Boyd Vardy is a lion tracker, wildlife activist, TED speaker, and author of The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life.”