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#214: How to Design a Life - Debbie Millman

The Tim Ferriss Show

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Perseverance in the Face of Rejection

The speaker applied to a journalism school and an art program but faced rejection from both. Instead of persisting and trying again, they abandoned their dreams after each rejection. The pattern has been a history of making an attempt, facing early rejection, retreating, and then giving up rather than building confidence and trying again.

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