Failure is a key step before you can experience success, but why does it seem like the struggles and failures are downplayed, or left out entirely, when stories are told of those that have reached a high level of success.
Do success stories give us a false idea of what it takes to reach a certain milestones or objectives?
This week Jim and Jason tackle what it means to be successful, how adversity is an important component to it, and how social media is making an impact in this area.
Episode Highlights
- [04:15] Is the over-curated nature of social media damaging our mental health?
- [11:45] Education as a component of success
- [17:00] We tend to hide all of the upfront work that is necessary to create anything of note
- [18:00] The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference [Amazon.com]
- [19:05] Don’t look at the outliers as you set your personal path
- [28:00] How do we get out of those periods of self-doubt
- [30:20] The importance of being vulnerable
- [33:00] 15 Common Cognitive Distortions [PsychCentral.com]
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Additional Reading
Success is the outcome of survivorship [Linkedin.com]
Why the path to success is not a straight line | Andrew Davies | TEDxPlymouthUniversity [YouTube.com]
In 1 Sentence Arianna Huffington Captured The Pathway to Success [Inc.com]
