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? As you’ll hear
in this episode, setbacks can often present opportunities, if you
know how to look for them.
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In this episode:
BJ Miller, a triple amputee, on his years-long quest to ride
a motorcycle.
Terry Crews on missing a season-ending shot—and the mindset
shift that stayed with him for life.
Tim McGraw on his debut album flopping and betting his career
on next steps.
Jessica Lahey on being told her first book was
“unpublishable” and turning brutal feedback into a New York Times
bestseller.
Dax Shepard on the collapse of an identity and career he
thought he wanted—and the unexpected much better life it made
possible.
Cathy Lanier on becoming a teenage single mother, passing her
GED by a single point, and beginning an unlikely climb.
Janna Levin on the liberating realization that life is not a
smooth path interrupted by obstacles—life is the obstacles.
Boyd Varty on using the mindset of a lion tracker to move
through uncertainty and the paralysis of not knowing what comes
next.
Dr. BJ Miller is a triple amputee, longtime palliative-care
physician, cofounder of virtual palliative-care service Mettle
Health, and coauthor of A Beginner’s Guide to the End.
Terry Crews is an actor, artist, author, television host, and
former NFL player best known as Terry Jeffords on the
Emmy-nominated TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and as the longtime
host of America’s Got Talent.
Tim McGraw is a three-time Grammy-winning country-music
superstar, an actor, and a 2026 Country Music Hall of Fame
inductee.
Jessica Lahey is an educator and the New York Times bestselling
author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation.
Dax Shepard is an actor, writer, and director and the co-creator
and host of the hit podcast Armchair Expert.
Cathy Lanier is the NFL’s chief security officer and the first
woman—and longest serving chief—to lead Washington, DC’s
Metropolitan Police Department.
Janna Levin is a theoretical cosmologist, the Claire Tow
Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College, a
Guggenheim Fellow, a PEN-winning author, and the founding
director of sciences at Pioneer Works.
Boyd Varty is a lion tracker, wildlife activist, TED speaker, and
author of The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life.
Timestamps:
00:00 — Introduction from Tim
01:23 — BJ Miller: Making an Impossible Motorcycle Dream Real
05:35 — Terry Crews: Why You Have to Take the Shot
16:28 — Tim McGraw: Failing on Your Own Terms
27:31 — Jessica Lahey: From “Unpublishable” to Bestseller
31:48 — Dax Shepard: When Failure Saves You From What You Want
38:11 — Cathy Lanier: Rebuilding a Life
47:33 — Janna Levin: Life Is the Obstacles
54:36 — Boyd Varty: Finding the Next Track When You’re Stuck
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