Segal: Overcoming depression requires hope without rigid timeline expectations
David Segal · David Segal: Building a $200m Business · Apr 16, 2024 · at 49:34
David Segal, co-founder of David's Tea, discusses psychological resilience and coping strategies for dealing with clinical depression.
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“It was the people that had hope, but not expectations that did, right? So they knew they'd get out of there, but they didn't have an expectation on when. And I think depression is, is like that as well.”
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