#026: Answering the Questions from Tribe of Mentors
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2017
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
We're answering the 11 questions posed in Tim Ferriss's new book Tribe of Mentors. Subjects include the books that have influenced me the most, how caffeine is amazing in small doses, & why I don't believe in failure.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't believe in failure. |
| 0:03.3 | I think you either win or you learn. |
| 0:05.8 | So to me, a failure implies an end set date |
| 0:08.8 | like something is over. |
| 0:10.2 | Nothing to me is over. |
| 0:11.6 | It's just the tomorrow's the next day, |
| 0:13.7 | and if you learn today, it's a continuation of before. |
| 0:16.4 | So to me, there is no failures. |
| 0:18.4 | It's, to me, it's everything I've done, I've learned from it, |
| 0:22.4 | and for me, that's not a fail. |
| 0:24.0 | I don't even, I love the question |
| 0:26.6 | because I almost don't even understand it. |
| 0:27.9 | To me, it's like there is no failures if you learn, |
| 0:30.7 | and I try to learn from every single thing I do. |
| 0:33.4 | What confidence is, has nothing to do with winning |
| 0:36.4 | or the leaderboard. |
| 0:37.6 | What confidence is, is knowing that you giving |
| 0:41.4 | your best efforts is enough. |
| 0:44.7 | What? |
| 0:49.7 | How you doing, Ben? |
| 0:50.8 | Doing great, Patrick. |
| 0:51.6 | Good. |
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