Who is Scott Scovill and what is the book Tenacious about?
Answered independently in 2 episodes, by 2 different people. Every line below is verbatim from the transcript, timestamped to the moment it was said.
What the archive says
01Find something you love first. Tenacious is not a book about grinding through work you hate, and Scott says overcoming his own fear was harder than the 90-hour weeks. source →
02Scott Scovill was diagnosed by a therapist with fear of failure after flunking out of college; the therapist told him it would be easier for him to grab a hot stove and hang on than to actually try. source →
03Grit and resilience can be learned. Scott had none as a teenager and calls himself not the most tenacious person, but maybe the most improved. source →
04Tenacious features 17 guests, including Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, who writes in chapter one about fighting brain cancer three times rather than about winning gold. source →
What 2 people actually said
For sure. Talking with Scott Scovel, he is the author of Tenacious, The Art of Relentlessly Pursuing Your Wildest Dreams. This is why I love the name of the book.
He is the author of Tenacious, the art of relentlessly pursuing your wildest dreams. What's up Scott? Hey man, it's really good to be here.