Bomani Jones

Um, that I would look at that as not being successful because that was the one thing that I was like, we're so lucky to be here that when I had a deal for six episodes, I never thought about the seventh. Success was going to be about how I felt about those six. And then we got 10 more and it went the same way. I did a show on ESPN called High Noon with Pablo Torre.

That show lasted for about two years before they canceled it. That one, I would probably categorize more as a failure. It wasn't, I thought Game Theory was very good. High Noon was not very good. I don't think it was bad, but it was not very good. I think I was somewhat fortunate in terms of how I dealt with it, So there wasn't much time to think about it. There were a million things going on.

That show lasted for about two years before they canceled it. That one, I would probably categorize more as a failure. It wasn't, I thought Game Theory was very good. High Noon was not very good. I don't think it was bad, but it was not very good. I think I was somewhat fortunate in terms of how I dealt with it, So there wasn't much time to think about it. There were a million things going on.

That show lasted for about two years before they canceled it. That one, I would probably categorize more as a failure. It wasn't, I thought Game Theory was very good. High Noon was not very good. I don't think it was bad, but it was not very good. I think I was somewhat fortunate in terms of how I dealt with it, So there wasn't much time to think about it. There were a million things going on.

No, no, no. You're right. What I was not happy about in that time was I didn't have enough going on. Like I wasn't hurt by that fact, but I did know this. I was not going to be hosting a television show for ESPN ever again. And I was overqualified for any other job that you had for me to do on TV at that point. That wasn't it. So no, I was a little lost in the wilderness at that point, certainly.

No, no, no. You're right. What I was not happy about in that time was I didn't have enough going on. Like I wasn't hurt by that fact, but I did know this. I was not going to be hosting a television show for ESPN ever again. And I was overqualified for any other job that you had for me to do on TV at that point. That wasn't it. So no, I was a little lost in the wilderness at that point, certainly.

No, no, no. You're right. What I was not happy about in that time was I didn't have enough going on. Like I wasn't hurt by that fact, but I did know this. I was not going to be hosting a television show for ESPN ever again. And I was overqualified for any other job that you had for me to do on TV at that point. That wasn't it. So no, I was a little lost in the wilderness at that point, certainly.

And it didn't feel good. But after I flunked out of graduate school, which is probably the biggest thing that I would consider I did, that was a failure. What I realized was- I didn't know you did that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't pass the micro qual to second go around. all that meant was that maybe just maybe I'm not a PhD level micro economist.

And it didn't feel good. But after I flunked out of graduate school, which is probably the biggest thing that I would consider I did, that was a failure. What I realized was- I didn't know you did that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't pass the micro qual to second go around. all that meant was that maybe just maybe I'm not a PhD level micro economist.

And it didn't feel good. But after I flunked out of graduate school, which is probably the biggest thing that I would consider I did, that was a failure. What I realized was- I didn't know you did that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't pass the micro qual to second go around. all that meant was that maybe just maybe I'm not a PhD level micro economist.

It's not exactly the biggest insult in the world, right? You know, like if that's the case, like I'm still qualified to teach college. I could still, there's somebody who could be a Nobel prize winner that I could teach in econ one-on-one who will appreciate the fact that they had me like all of those things I had to recognize in that moment taught me.

It's not exactly the biggest insult in the world, right? You know, like if that's the case, like I'm still qualified to teach college. I could still, there's somebody who could be a Nobel prize winner that I could teach in econ one-on-one who will appreciate the fact that they had me like all of those things I had to recognize in that moment taught me.

It's not exactly the biggest insult in the world, right? You know, like if that's the case, like I'm still qualified to teach college. I could still, there's somebody who could be a Nobel prize winner that I could teach in econ one-on-one who will appreciate the fact that they had me like all of those things I had to recognize in that moment taught me.

I don't have to be great at everything that I do, right? And so when High Noon didn't work, it was just like, okay, well, what are we going to do now? But what I learned was there's no stopping in this. There's no room for self-pity. And truly, if you have not slipped up somewhere along the way in this, it's because you're not trying that hard.

I don't have to be great at everything that I do, right? And so when High Noon didn't work, it was just like, okay, well, what are we going to do now? But what I learned was there's no stopping in this. There's no room for self-pity. And truly, if you have not slipped up somewhere along the way in this, it's because you're not trying that hard.

I don't have to be great at everything that I do, right? And so when High Noon didn't work, it was just like, okay, well, what are we going to do now? But what I learned was there's no stopping in this. There's no room for self-pity. And truly, if you have not slipped up somewhere along the way in this, it's because you're not trying that hard.

Like I've worked with people who have never had failures. And one thing they have in common is they're not trying that hard. Their ambitions aren't the same as mine.

Like I've worked with people who have never had failures. And one thing they have in common is they're not trying that hard. Their ambitions aren't the same as mine.

Like I've worked with people who have never had failures. And one thing they have in common is they're not trying that hard. Their ambitions aren't the same as mine.

Like, do you realize the level of ambition or the, what I learned in this, it sounds dramatic as I'm saying it about myself, but I do believe this took a little bit of courage for me to sit up in a suit at a desk for two seasons, telling jokes. I was doing the Trevor Noah job, the John Oliver job, the Bill Maher job, and I did it. I was getting better, and it could have been better.