Embracing failure with comedian Chris Gethard

Chris Gethard is, by any metric, a success. He's had his own HBO special called "Career Suicide," he's hosted a popular TV show, and is the host of the "Beautiful/Anonymous" podcast. That's exactly why he's uniquely qualified to talk about failure. 

Gethard joins Mary Elizabeth Williams on “Salon Talks,” to discuss his new book “Lose Well” and why failure is "not that scary." He recalls, "I've had a lot of things work out. I've had some successes. But I promise you that underneath of all that, the other 90 percent has been nothing but dismal failure. You get used to it. This idea that failure wrecks you is a fallacy, and it keeps us locked up. You just have to go out and learn how to do it. We've convinced ourselves it's a bogeyman. It's not. It can be an ally."

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