How to Overcome 190 Rejections and Change an Industry — Ben Mezrich

Noah Kagan Presents

Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

How do you overcome 190 rejections… but eventually make it HUGE as the brains behind the best movie ever made? For Ben Mezrich, the path wasn’t easy. Before he wrote the book which turned into the critically-acclaimed movie “The Social Network” he failed over and over. But Ben’s unconventional thinking eventually led him to success. Check out Ben’s lessons on succeeding in a competitive space — and how you can make it big.

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0:00.0	Well, I mean, I have massive amounts of delusional belief in myself.
0:03.2	Rejection only made me want to do it more.
0:06.2	When I'm right something, if someone doesn't like it, then they're wrong and I'm right.
0:09.6	Welcome to Noah Kagan presents.
0:14.0	What up party people, it's your boy, Inspector Gadget,
0:22.0	aka Rava Can't Lose, aka Noah Kagan.
0:24.8	In today's episode, I reached out to Ben Mezrich to learn more about this guy.
0:29.0	He's the author behind the movie The Social Network, bringing down the house, and a bunch of my other favorite books he's got a new book out I recommend it check it out called
0:36.4	woolly in our chat today you're gonna learn three things and a bunch more first off how did Ben get rejected 190 times and over six years before he finally made it?
0:46.7	I love stories like that. Not that he's failing, but how the hell did this guy persist?
0:50.8	Second off, why does he think about movie rights before he even writes a book? And number
0:55.6	three, how to decide if your book, your business, or whatever idea is worth pursuing. We talk about that and
1:01.3	a bunch more enjoy.
1:03.0	Before I begin though, I just really want to thank you.
1:06.0	I'm serious man. Thank you. I love you guys. I love it when you listen to what we're talking about and you take action and make your lives better.
1:12.0	It means the world to me, David,
1:14.3	Jason, everyone on the Dork Squad that's putting these episodes together and the guests.
1:17.8	Thank you guys so much. I love you. Enjoy the show.
1:19.8	I guess I was curious about your career. What do you remember about that because you kind of forget how hard it was the beginning?
1:28.0	You're like, oh life's great, I put out a book or I put out this internet and make money and it's easy, but what do you remember about those early days?
1:33.8	My dad's a doctor and my mom's a lawyer and both my brothers are doctors and both their wives
1:39.2	are doctors and lawyers and so I was the black sheep of the family when I said I wanted to be a writer.
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