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The Rise Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery

Sarah Lewis

“Sarah Lewis has assembled a rich trove of reflections not just on creativity but on the too-often ignored role that failure and surrender play in almost any ambitious undertaking. That counter-intuitive point of attack makes

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The Dan Bongino Show

Dan Bongino signed 750 copies of his book at a premiere and did a Q&A about it, which he described as the craziest Q&A ever.

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If you're interested in the signed book, The Gift of Failure, I'll be pushing that link soon.

— Episode: Is The FBI Watching MAGA Voters? (Ep. 22...

Episode: Is The FBI Watching MAGA Voters? (Ep. 2244)

Dan Bongino signed 750 copies of his book at a premiere and did a Q&A about it, which he described as the craziest Q&A ever.

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If you're interested in the signed book, The Gift of Failure, I'll be pushing that link soon.

I signed 750 books.

I'm not even going to tell you why it's the craziest Q&A ever, but I promise you if you watch it, you're going to be like, what just happened?

Episode: New Video Blows Up The Entire Hoax (Ep 2189)

Bongino mentioned his new book, "The Gift of Failure", and an upcoming book signing for it. He also noted that his older book was selling better.

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I hope you join us for the book signing February 17th, which is tomorrow. I have a book signing for my new book, The Gift of Failure.

Episode: Bongino And Crowder Tear It Up (Ep 2133)

Dan Bongino mentioned an upcoming book signing for his new book, "The Gift of Failure", at Grapevine Mills mall.

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We've been packing the house with these things from my new book the gift of failure that is tomorrow at 2 p.m. Local time grapevine, Texas hope to see you out there

Episode: A Massive Biden Family Coverup? (Ep 2131)

The book was mentioned in the context of a Secret Service agent, a friend of the podcast host, who is featured in it under a pseudonym. The agent's experience firing their weapon in a criminal case, unlike in a protection detail, was discussed.

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He's actually in my book, The Gift of Failure under a pseudonym.

Episode: Yet Another "Conspiracy Theory" Comes True (Ep 213...

500 copies were sold at a book signing; the event was described as a major league success with a packed crowd.

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550 books were sold between Follow the Money and Gift of Failure. It was about 500 Gift of Failure copies. Totally sold out. Packed crowd.

Episode: Nashville Shooter's Manifesto Causes The Media To...

The author mentioned an upcoming book signing for their new book, "The Gift of Failure."

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pick it up we'd love to have you there

Episode: Explosive New Evidence Of Election Fraud Emerges (...

The podcast host mentioned his new book, 'The Gift of Failure,' and briefly alluded to NYPD stories within it.

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check out my new book The Gift of Failure

Episode: Does The GOP Still Matter? (Ep 2119)

It was mentioned that a transcript of an interaction with a reporter is included in this book. The author discussed the experience and how it didn't negatively impact his podcast.

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You can read the whole transcript in my new book, The Gift of Failure. You want to see what I said to the guy?

Episode: Is The Chaos Over, Or Just Beginning? (Ep 2117)

The author mentioned an upcoming book signing for his new book, "The Gift of Failure", on November 17th from 2 PM to 4 PM at Books A Million in Grapevine, Texas.

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I got an announcement today. How about Texas? You guys, uh, anyone close to grapevine, Texas and the chat, write it down. It's on my social media accounts. Grapevine, Texas, November 17th book signing for my new book, The Gift of Failure,

Episode: This Is What They Planned All Along (Ep 2094)

It was described as "flying off the charts", with a significant number of audio and hardcover copies sold.

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My new book, The Gift of Failure, which has been flying off the charts. We sold a ridiculous amount of audio and hardcover copies all because of you. I really appreciate it.

Episode: The Global War On Free Speech Explodes ( 2093)

The author mentioned a book signing where he was promoting his book, "The Gift of Failure," which was described as a huge bestseller.

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Nice of you ever picking up my new book, The Gift of Failure, making it a huge bestseller. Really deeply appreciate it.

Episode: Here’s What's REALLY Happening (Ep 2092)

The book was a massive success and became a bestseller; the audiobook version was particularly popular, even outselling the hardcover edition due to some additional stories included.

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The book has been a monster success.

I said I was going to change the title from The Gift of Failure if it failed, because it would be embarrassing if it failed.

Thankfully, we don't have to change the title. It's been blowing up everywhere.

I think we were the number 10 audio book on ABC's, so you know that.

The audio book is killer. I just read it and kind of off the cuff, the rectus cut thing. The audio book is so bananas because I just read my own thing.

Episode: A Watershed Moment Is Imminent (Ep 2090)

This is Dan Bongino's first non-political book; it was described as having been unexpectedly successful and receiving positive reviews, provoking both laughter and tears from readers.

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Thank you so much to everyone who made the book a huge bestseller last week. Gift of Failure far superseded my expectations. It's my first non-political book.

If you haven't picked it up yet, just read the reviews on any of these websites. I'm not a huge fan of somebody's lefty sites but the reviews are pretty amazing. I think people were really surprised by the book.

Some of them found that inspirational. A lot of laughs, a lot of tears in there. I'm really happy. I was a little nervous about how it was gonna go.

And if this book fails, I'll have to rethink the name.

So thanks for supporting the book. Please pick it up today, wherever you get your books or in bookstores.

Episode: The Media's Hail Mary To Save The Dems (Ep 2088)

Dan Bongino mentioned his book, 'The Gift of Failure,' which includes stories from his time as a cop, his transition into politics, and experiences with the Secret Service. He highlighted humorous, embarrassing, and dangerous anecdotes, including one from Indonesia.

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Did you read the book last night? I'm going to read it this weekend. Okay, I want a full report.

But I need you to read the chapter where you're in.

The book is called The Gift of Failure, but meeting Joe is a huge success.

Thanks again for picking up my book. We'd love to jump into the top 10 today. If you're interested in picking it up, it's called The Gift of Failure.

It's cop stories, really funny one, really embarrassing one, really dangerous one. A couple of good Secret Service stories. Something that went down in Indonesia.

Episode: Are They Finally Fighting Back? (Ep 2087)

It was mentioned that the book was released on its birthday and reached number one in its category on multiple sites. The author shared that the story of how he met his producer is in the book.

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I told you I wasn't going to beat you up with it, but we were number one yesterday in our category.

If you want to know how I met producer Joe, it's in the book.

The story of how I met Joe is kind of interesting, actually.

The Gift of Failure. Pick it up today.

So Joe, you take that after.

Episode: An Insurrection At The Capitol? (Ep 2086)

It's Dan Bongino's new book, released on September 12th. It contains personal stories from his past, including his time in the Secret Service and attempts to join the counter assault team.

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My book comes out today. It's a birthday for my book. My book is born today. It has been birthed today.

My new book, the gift of failure. This is an actual copy.

I sent this book to Mark Levine's producer, rich, and he read it like a day and he said the most interesting chapter...I was talking about trying out for our cat team in the secret service.

Sometimes in life you shouldn't ask a question, what do I want to do? You should ask yourself the question, what can I live without?

Story in a book, gift to failure. I hope you pick it up today. I promise not to haunt you with it too much. I'm just really proud of the book.

Episode: Trump’s Life Is In Danger, And The Media Laughs It...

Dan Bongino released his new book, "The Gift of Failure", on this Tuesday, the day of this podcast episode. He asked listeners to buy a copy during its launch week.

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Pick up my new book, The Gift of Failure. It comes out this Tuesday.

So I'd really appreciate if you bought a copy.

Episode: The Plot To Interfere In The 2024 Election (Ep 206...

Dan Bongino announced an upcoming book signing for his new book, "The Gift of Failure," in Cary, North Carolina.

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The event will be at 5 p.m. Eastern Time for my new book the gift of failure

Episode: Is This The Real Deep State Puppet Master? (Ep 206...

It is an account of the author's past mistakes, some of which were very public and seen in news stories. It includes a story about him cursing out a reporter.

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Here it is, the gift of failure and for liberals out there for all you liberal dunces check this out.

There's even photos. There's photos for the libs

So the book is pretty cool gift of failure

Pre-order it now. It should get there first second week in September.

It's a sometimes embarrassing account of things I screwed up in my life. Some of them very public. Stories you saw about the news that you may or may not know I was a part of.

Episode: The “Break Glass” Moment Has Arrived (Ep 2058)

Dan Bongino mentioned his book, "The Gift of Failure," in the context of contrasting his own approach to failure with that of Jack Smith, highlighting Smith's repeated failures in legal cases.

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I wrote my book, The Gift of Failure, because we failed and actually rebounded. Jack Smith has just gone from failure to the next failure, to the worst failure, to another failure, to this failure. This guy is a train wreck, folks. A legal imbecile.

Episode: Follow The Money! (Ep 2033)

It was mentioned as Dan Bongino's next book, detailing his journey with Joe, his co-host, from starting in his basement to achieving millions of listeners.

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if you want to pre-order it now I got the whole story of me and Joe in there

Episode: Here’s What REALLY Happened With Biden’s Fall (Ep...

Dan Bongino mentioned writing his book, "The Gift of Failure." He said the most challenging part was the chapter about his cancer experience, finding it emotionally difficult even to reread for editing.

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It's available wherever you get your books called the gift of failure and the most difficult part by far was the chapter about how I learned the whole cancer thing and it was an emotional ride when I tell you as I was rereading it back to an editor to make sure we got all the wording right and there were no hanging Participles or anything. I actually started a tear up. That's a fact

Episode: This Week Could Change Everything (Ep 2007)

The speaker mentioned reading chapters 4 and 5 the previous night; the book's theme revolves around the concept that making mistakes is forgivable, but repeating the same mistake is unforgivable.

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I read chapter 4 and 5 last night

Episode: Will Tucker Host a Trump Debate? (Ep 2005)

Dan Bongino mentioned his new book, "The Gift of Failure," which is available for pre-order. He also mentioned that the audiobook will be a unique "director's cut" version, including unscripted discussions.

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My book is called the gift of failure It's available now for pre-order

the audio book is gonna be different than you've seen in the past

we're gonna call it the audio version the director's cut

Episode: They’re Coming For Your Guns And Here’s How They’l...

Dan Bongino's new book, which was mentioned towards the end of the podcast, includes stories of his failures at Parlor, with the Secret Service, and at the NYPD, and details how these failures ultimately changed him. He mentioned that he had recently finished adding a preface to it.

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I talk about parlor in my new book the gift of failure it's you can pre-order it now it's coming out in hopefully within the next few months but the real story about parlor never really got out there and to this day it still bothers me because I still see people commenting about it who have really no idea at all what happened

the book is called the gift of failure it's coming out you can pre-order it right now wherever you get your books I just finished up another edition to it last night a preface I think the stories about me and some of my horrible failures parlors in there the Secret Service some of the stuff I did wrong at a moment in the NYPD which changed me you're really gonna fascinate you should pick up the books called the gift of failure on pre-order I'd really appreciate it

Episode: Communist Democrats Finally Come Clean (Ep 1966)

Dan Bongino's new book was mentioned, and he stated it would also be available as an audiobook, with a different format than traditional audiobooks.

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I'd love to read your new book, but I'm too restless to sit down and read an entire book. Will it be available on audio?

Thanks for picking up my new book, the gift of failure. I appreciate it.

Episode: Who’s Funding The Move To Crush The Biden Crime Fa...

Dan Bongino mentioned he was writing a book about his life failures, describing the experience as a fascinating journey and highlighting how those failures ultimately became valuable lessons.

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I got a book coming out about the gift of failure

But this story is just fascinated me about all the failures in my life. There's a lot a whole lot a lot and How it was really a gift

It teaches you what not to do again. It teaches you what to do again by not doing the other thing if it's a different course correction

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