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Directionally Challenged

“The Gift of Failure” w/ Jenna Ushkowitz

Directionally Challenged

Kayla Ewell

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.94.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Though we receive praise when we experience success, no one talks about all the failures that lead to that moment. Actress and Producer Jenna Ushkowitz joins us this week to share how her career shortcomings inspired her to create her podcast “Epic Fail,” and her journey to becoming a Tony Award winning producer for, “Once on This Island.”


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1:12.8

Hey guys, it's Candice and Kayla and we are directionally challenged.

1:17.7

Yeah, like I really thought we'd have more things figured out by the time we hit our 30s.

1:22.3

But guess what? We don't.

1:24.1

We don't. And apparently that's super relatable because it's something you guys all seem to relate to,

1:30.1

which is great.

1:31.5

Oh, it's such a relief to know we're not alone in feeling kind of crazy sometimes.

1:37.4

Yeah, and another topic that we're actually going to talk about today,

1:40.0

which I don't think that we're the only ones that have experienced this is failure.

1:45.2

We've had a lot of requests to talk about this and we were lucky enough to sit down with

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