Piers Morgan: Dealing With Repeat Failure, Death Threats & Regrets | E137
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- E137
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- ~4 min
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- 25 Apr 2022
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- 1:13:59
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KEYPOINTS
- 01
100% of shots not taken miss — take risks; Mars confectioners celebrated failure culture cited.
Piers Morgan: controversy as marketing; opinion business = money + notoriety; love/hate part of job. Separates mental resilience from ‘33m Brits mentally ill’ claim he calls crap/wallowing.
- 02
Stand up to bullies/fear vs show weakness — loved prep school to 13.
Left GMB global firestorm — offered loads; let dust settle don't react. Marketing deck once had his face + another's.
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Murdoch energy: doesn't sleep; TVs; tweet if not about him.
Attention as fuel. Center-of-attention desire owned.
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Repeat failure / death threats as career texture.
Toughness narrative. Learn from failure framing.
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Opinion business economics: fame from polarisation.
Deliberate differentiation. Costs acknowledged selectively.
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Dust settle after firestorm before next deal.
Impulse control. Offers flood — wait.
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Critique of over-medicalising population mental illness stats.
Controversial; resilience rhetoric. Listeners weigh therapy vs toughness.
- 08
Study/bestseller on related theme he read — people understood.
Where he comes from culturally.
EXAMPLES
- 01
Shots not taken = 100% miss.
Risk.
- 02
GMB exit firestorm → wait on offers.
Tactic.
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Opinion business love/hate economics.
Model.
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33m mentally ill claim rejected.
Stance.
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Mars celebrate failure anecdote.
Culture.
OTHER RELEVANT
- 01
Take calculated shots; celebrate intelligent failures.
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- 02
If in opinion work: own love/hate costs consciously.
Separate resilience training from rejecting real mental-health care.
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Stand up to bullying without denying vulnerability tools.
Read widely even on views you dispute.