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Overcoming Rejection during a Vulnerable Period
19:19 - 25:39 (06:19)
The podcast guest shares their experience of pitching multiple times to a storage company CEO and facing rejection every time. They also talk about how the combination of seasonal depression and the pressure to succeed during the vulnerable period of late teens to mid-20s led them to consider giving up on life during their college years.
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The speaker describes the experience of depression as a muffled, slightly out of focus sensory lens that can be difficult to explain to those who haven't experienced it.
19:19 - 20:56 (01:36)
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The speaker describes the experience of depression as a muffled, slightly out of focus sensory lens that can be difficult to explain to those who haven't experienced it. Despite experiencing multiple depressive episodes each year, they remained undiagnosed and contemplated suicide while in college.
ChapterOvercoming Rejection during a Vulnerable Period
Episode#489: Guy Raz Interviews Tim Ferriss — How I Built This — Key Lessons, Critical Decisions, and Reinvention for Fun and Profit
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares a story about facing rejection while trying to pitch to a company, as well as his battles with seasonal depression and anxiety that started during his college years.
20:56 - 25:39 (04:43)
Summary
The speaker shares a story about facing rejection while trying to pitch to a company, as well as his battles with seasonal depression and anxiety that started during his college years.