Hard Work Won't Save You: The TRUTH About Success in America

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🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Is hard work really the key to success — or just a myth we’ve all been sold? Andrew Yang and Adam Chandler dive into 99% Perspiration, a gripping exploration of how the American Dream got tangled in the myth of meritocracy. Discover the surprising truths behind success, failure, and what it really takes to thrive in today’s world. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_a-svko-Tv4 ---- Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://x.com/andrewyang Follow Adam Chandler: https://www.adamchandler.com/ | https://x.com/allmychandler Order 99% Perspiration: https://www.amazon.com/99-Perspiration-Working-History-American/dp/0593700570 ---- Get 50% off Factor at https://factormeals.com/yang50 Get an extra 3 months free at https://expressvpn.com/yang Get 20% off + 2 free pillows at https://helixsleep.com/yang code helixpartner20 ---- Subscribe to the Andrew Yang Podcast: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1508035243 Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/25cFfnG3lGuypTerKDxKia To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you a smart booker or a silly booker?
0:07.4	Smart bookers get access to a three airport lounge by booking a five-star holiday with On the Beach.
0:13.8	Silly bookers? Well, enjoy those cues at the bar. Stop booking around and visit Onthebeach.com.
0:21.4	Conditions apply.
0:22.6	Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people at all protected.
0:28.7	On the beach.
0:34.1	What I think is dangerous about this mythology around hard work, anything is possible, even,
0:41.1	you know, even the son or daughter of an immigrant can ascend to great wealth and success.
0:45.6	If it's not true, if you've been told, go to school, apply yourself, work hard, and it's not
0:52.0	working out for you, you're going to be furious.
0:54.6	People are not buying into the idea that hard work will save them.
0:59.1	That is the reality of it.
1:10.6	It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast, the author of the brand new book, 99% Perspiration,
1:17.2	a new working history of the American Way of Life, former writer for the Atlantic, now writer for the Wall Street Journal and a whole bunch of other publications, a very good looking man.
1:26.6	Adam Chandler, Welcome, Adam.
1:29.1	Thank you.
1:30.1	So, Adam, the title of your book is from a famous quote from Thomas Edison, Successes,
1:34.9	1% Inspiration, 99% Perspiration.
1:37.9	How did that set you on this path of writing this book over when I'm sure was many long months if I know what it takes to
1:49.0	produce a book like this? Yeah, over the course of a few years, I myself went through the
1:56.5	perspiration of writing a book, which is mostly just stress and procrastination. But for me,
2:02.6	the quote speaks to a quintessential American idea about hard work and how it's central to life
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