2022-09-12
31 分钟If you’ve ever daydreamed o standing at an Olympic podium or delivering a big award speech, you probably pictured yourself as a winner. But according to today’s guest, marketing professor Monica Wadhwa, maybe you should imagine yourself as a runner-up. In this episode, Monica talks about why getting close to – but not quite achieving – triumph actually helps us gain the energy and motivation we need to chase after our goals, and shares tips on how we can change our mindset and create almost wins that will put us on the path to success.
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You'Re listening to how to be a better human.
I'm your host, Chris Duffy.
Okay, here's a wild story for you.
Several years ago, I was a contestant on the game show who wants to be a millionaire?
And this was at a time when I was just starting out in my comedy career, and money was really tight.
And so when they asked the question, who wants to be a millionaire?
My answer was, me.
Please.
I would really, really like that.
I want that very much now.
I didn't win a million dollars on the show.
I got knocked out very early because I didn't know what the acronym NASCAR stood for.
To be honest, I didn't even know that NASCAR was an acronym.
But now, till the day I die, I will never forget that it stands for National association for Stock car auto racing.
Honestly, it seems like there's too many words that mean car in there.
Like, that's a kind of a trick acronym, but it is what it stands for.
I'm gonna leave it behind.
And look, here's the weird thing about not winning on that game show for me.
Okay?