The Gift of Failure: Jessica Lahey
Episode Date: August 11, 2015The average person spends an almost obscene amount of time working tirelessly to avoid failure. We're terrified that we'll put everything we have into...
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1013 episodes transcribedThe average person spends an almost obscene amount of time working tirelessly to avoid failure. We're terrified that we'll put everything we have into...
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