About this episode

Janeen McCrae discusses her personal definitions of failure and success while introducing her new mantra.

You are what you make. Listen in to ten minutes of me reframing what failure and success look like for me going forward, then launch into a spirited reading of my new mantra. If you want to skip straight to that, hit 11 mins and 18 seconds and GO! I mention a Greg Proops pep talk quote. Here is a picture of it on my corkboard: https://www.instagram.com/p/DP20nIcjqG2/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== The Patti Smith interview on WTF with Marc Maron is here. She tells the story about William Burroug...

People in this episode

Host: Janeen McCrae

Topics covered

• failure
• success
• personal growth
• mantras
• self-reflection

Keywords

• failure
• success
• mantra
• personal growth
• Greg Proops
• Patti Smith

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: WTF with Marc Maron, William Burroughs

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