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Famous Failures

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by Ozan Varol

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On Famous Failures, I interview the world's most interesting people about their failures and what they learned from them.

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1/30/2018

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May 19, 2020

End of Season 1

This episode marks the end of Season 1 of Famous Failures. If you’d like to stay in touch with me, please sign up for my weekly email list at <a href= "http://weeklycontrarian.com">weeklycontrarian.com</a>. My emails go out every Thursday to 21,000+ subscribers and share 1 idea you can read in less than 3 minutes that will help you reimagine the status quo. Readers call it the “one email I look forward to each week.” Thank you to my podcast producer, Chris Mottram of <a href= "https://podcastily.com/">Podcastily</a>, and to my operations assistant, Brendan Seibel, for his research help. Thank you to the following individuals and institutions for preordering multiple copies of my bestselling new book <a href= "http://ozanvarol.com/books">Think Like a Rocket Scientist</a>. <ul> <li>Orthogon Partners Investment Management</li> <li>Luci McKean</li> <li>Cathy Cheng</li> <li>Tony Martignetti</li> <li>Bill Brent</li> <li>Ramesh Kumar</li> <li>Fred Slete</li> <li>James D. Kirk</li> <li>Timothy Chips</li> <li>Wendy Horng Brawer</li> <li>Tim Oslovich</li> <li>Doug Claffey</li> <li>Christina Guthier</li> <li>Julian Olin</li> <li>Hans Schulte</li> <li>Amy Luo</li> <li>Renu Sharma</li> <li>Ben Creo</li> <li>Laolu Awogbade</li> <li>Jeff McGrath</li> </ul>

May 5, 2020

Derek Sivers on What It Means to Fail

Derek Sivers has lived many lives. He has been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, speaker, and book publisher. His TED Talk, “<a href= "https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different">Weird, or just different?</a>”, has been viewed more than 3.5 million times. His book <a href= "https://amzn.to/2Y2bvg5">Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur</a> shares everything he learned from starting, growing, and selling the company CD Baby. You can say hello to Derek at <a href="https://sivers.org/contact">https://sivers.org/contact</a>. In this episode Derek and I discuss: <ul> <li>How Derek cultivated a practice of questioning assumptions</li> <li>Why Derek has a Making Room, not a Living Room</li> <li>What a controversial blog post taught Derek about handling criticism</li> <li>Why you should distance your private persona from your public persona</li> <li>What a failed marriage taught Derek about the meaning of failure.</li> <li>Why you should separate your decisions from the outcome of those decisions</li> <li>How Derek cultivates calm in his life</li> </ul> References <ul> <li><a href="https://sivers.org/ment">How to ask your mentors for help</a></li> <li>“<a href= "https://sivers.org/rails2php">7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails</a>”</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3cOTlCI">Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking</a> by David Bayles and Ted Orland</li> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKUqdMHoPNQ">The Man with One Red Shoe</a> starring Tom Hanks</li> </ul> My book, Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life, is now out (<a href= "https://amzn.to/31GySdH">Amazon</a>, <a href= "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/think-like-a-rocket-scientist-ozan-varol/1132821538?ean=9781541762596"> Barnes & Noble</a>, <a href= "https://bookshop.org/books/think-like-a-rocket-scientist-simple-strategies-you-can-use-to-make-giant-leaps-in-work-and-life/9781541762596"> Bookshop</a>). The book is already a #1 bestseller on Amazon. We have a special offer for the listeners of this episode with Derek Sivers. If you order the book, forward your receipt to <a href= "mailto:rocket@ozanvarol.com">rocket@ozanvarol.com</a>, and mention Derek, you’ll get two special bonuses. The first is a video training with a behind-the-scenes look at my productivity system. You’ll find tips on how to defeat procrastination and get more done in less time. The second is a pack of 12 three-minute, quick-hit videos based on Think Like a Rocket Scientist with actionable strategies you can implement right away.

April 21, 2020

Cathy Heller on the Power of Radical Empathy

Cathy Heller is the host of the popular podcast <a href= "https://www.dontkeepyourdayjob.com">Don’t Keep Your Day Job</a>, which was given the #1 spot on iTunes recommended list of shows for the New Year in 2018 and 2019. She started out as a singer songwriter and first found success licensing her music to TV, films and ads. After making a multi six figure living with her music, Cathy started a music agency, and began teaching other artists to grow their own careers. You can subscribe to Cathy’s podcast at <a href= "https://www.dontkeepyourdayjob.com/podcast">https://www.dontkeepyourdayjob.com/podcast</a> or through your favorite service, and follow her on Instagram at <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/cathy.heller/">https://www.instagram.com/cathy.heller/</a> In this episode Cathy and I discuss: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Her heartbreaking experience of being dropped from two record labels</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The lesson we should learn from the Covid-19 crisis</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How Cathy found her passion through a series of day jobs</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How Cathy grew an immensely successful online business without knowing how to make an online business work</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why you need to give yourself permission to be mediocre</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How Cathy allows her authentic self to shine through</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What Cathy thinks our greatest human need is</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The life lessons Cathy is still trying to learn</li> </ul>

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