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Notes: What ​is ​different, though, is the chance each generation has to take that history and write it larger—­­or, for those of you engineers, to program it better. The fact that we are all connected […]

Notes: Remember, a No is free. Ask for the world and pay no mind if you are initially turned down. A career in the arts is like a hitchhiking trip: All you need is one […]

Notes: My case illustrates how success is always rationalized. People really don’t like to hear success explained away as luck — especially successful people. As they age, and succeed, people feel their success was somehow […]

Excerpts: People talk about the dangers of rose-colored glasses, but let me tell you, the lenses of self-doubt are far worse. They are nasty. Thick and filthy… they’re covered in swamp scum and mold – […]

Excerpts: Separate who you truly are and what’s real, from the stories that run through your head. Fear is going to be a player in your life, but you get to decide how much. You […]

Notes: Embrace the fact that you’re young. Accept that you don’t know what you’re doing. And don’t listen to anyone who says there are rules and limits. If you know your calling, go there. Stay […]

Excerpts: If you are all really, really lucky, and if you continue to work super hard, and you remember your thank you notes and everybody’s name; and you follow through on every task that’s asked […]

Notes: Achievable goals: the first step to self improvement. I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure. And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called ‘real life’, […]

Excerpts: Let me win you back. Duke sucks. It is my responsibility as a commencement speaker to prepare you for what awaits you in the future. Here it is: No one has any idea what’s […]