Why you will fail to have a great career - Larry Smith
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I want to discuss with you this
I want to discuss with you this
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afternoon why you're going to fail to
afternoon why you're going to fail to
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have a great career I'm I'm an economist
have a great career I'm I'm an economist
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I do dismal end of the day it's ready
I do dismal end of the day it's ready
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for dismal remarks I only want to talk
for dismal remarks I only want to talk
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to those of you who are who want a great
to those of you who are who want a great
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career I know some of you have already
career I know some of you have already
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decided you want a good career you're
decided you want a good career you're
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gonna fail too because goodness you're
gonna fail too because goodness you're
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cheery about failing a Canadian group
cheery about failing a Canadian group
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undoubtedly those trying to have good
undoubtedly those trying to have good
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careers are going to fail because really
careers are going to fail because really
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good jobs are now disappearing there are
good jobs are now disappearing there are
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great jobs and great careers and then
great jobs and great careers and then
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there are the high workload high stress
there are the high workload high stress
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blood sucking soul-destroying kinds of
blood sucking soul-destroying kinds of
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jobs and practically nothing in between
jobs and practically nothing in between
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so the people looking for good jobs are
so the people looking for good jobs are
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going to fail i want to talk about those
going to fail i want to talk about those
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looking for great jobs great careers and
looking for great jobs great careers and
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why you're going to why you're going to
why you're going to why you're going to
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fail first reason is that no matter how
fail first reason is that no matter how
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many times people tell you you if you
many times people tell you you if you
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want a great career you have to pursue
want a great career you have to pursue
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your passion you have to pursue your
your passion you have to pursue your
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dreams you have to pursue that you're
dreams you have to pursue that you're
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the greatest fascination in your life
the greatest fascination in your life
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you hear it again and again and then you
you hear it again and again and then you
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decide not to do it it doesn't matter
decide not to do it it doesn't matter
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how many times you download steven j's
how many times you download steven j's
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Stanford commencement address you still
Stanford commencement address you still
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look at it and decide not to do it I'm
look at it and decide not to do it I'm
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not quite sure why you decide not to do
not quite sure why you decide not to do
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it you're too lazy to do it it's too
it you're too lazy to do it it's too
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hard you're afraid if you look for your
hard you're afraid if you look for your
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passion and don't find it you'll feel
passion and don't find it you'll feel
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like you're an idiot
like you're an idiot
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so then you make excuses about why
so then you make excuses about why
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you're not going to look for your
you're not going to look for your
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passion and they are excuses latest gen
passion and they are excuses latest gen
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we're going to look for whole long list
we're going to look for whole long list
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your creativity and thinking of excuses
your creativity and thinking of excuses
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not to do what you really need to do if
not to do what you really need to do if
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you want have a great career so for
you want have a great career so for
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exactly so for example what if your
exactly so for example what if your
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great excuses is well great careers are
great excuses is well great careers are
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really and truly
really and truly
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for most people just a matter of luck so
for most people just a matter of luck so
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I'm gonna stand around I'm gonna try to
I'm gonna stand around I'm gonna try to
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be lucky and if I'm lucky I'll be having
be lucky and if I'm lucky I'll be having
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great career if not I'll have a good
great career if not I'll have a good
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career but a good career is an
career but a good career is an
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impossibility so that's not going to
impossibility so that's not going to
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work then your other excuses yes there
work then your other excuses yes there
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are special people who pursue their
are special people who pursue their
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passions but they are geniuses they are
passions but they are geniuses they are
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Steven J I'm not a genius when I was
Steven J I'm not a genius when I was
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five I thought I was a genius but my
five I thought I was a genius but my
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professors have beaten that idea out of
professors have beaten that idea out of
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my head long since hmm and now I know I
my head long since hmm and now I know I
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am completely competent now you see if
am completely competent now you see if
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this was 1950 being completely competent
this was 1950 being completely competent
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that would have given you a great career
that would have given you a great career
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but guess what this is almost 2012 and
but guess what this is almost 2012 and
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saying to the world I am totally
saying to the world I am totally
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completely confident is damning yourself
completely confident is damning yourself
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with the faintest of praise and then of
with the faintest of praise and then of
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course another excuse well I would do I
course another excuse well I would do I
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would do this I would do this but but
would do this I would do this but but
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well after all I'm not weird
well after all I'm not weird
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everybody knows that people who pursue
everybody knows that people who pursue
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their passions are somewhat obsessive a
their passions are somewhat obsessive a
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little strange hmm hmm okay you know a
little strange hmm hmm okay you know a
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fine line between madness and genius I'm
fine line between madness and genius I'm
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not weird I've reread Steven J's
not weird I've reread Steven J's
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biography oh my goodness I'm not that
biography oh my goodness I'm not that
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person I am nice I am normal I'm a nice
person I am nice I am normal I'm a nice
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normal person and nice normal people
normal person and nice normal people
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don't have passion ah but I still want a
don't have passion ah but I still want a
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great career I'm not prepared to pursue
great career I'm not prepared to pursue
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my passion so I know what I'm going to
my passion so I know what I'm going to
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do because I have I have a solution I
do because I have I have a solution I
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have a strategy it's the one mommy and
have a strategy it's the one mommy and
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daddy told me about mommy and daddy told
daddy told me about mommy and daddy told
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me that if I worked hard I'd have a good
me that if I worked hard I'd have a good
career
career
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so if you work hard have a good career
so if you work hard have a good career
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if you work really really really hard
if you work really really really hard
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you'll have a great career doesn't act
you'll have a great career doesn't act
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like mathematically makes sense not but
like mathematically makes sense not but
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you've managed to talk yourself into
you've managed to talk yourself into
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that you know what here's a little
that you know what here's a little
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secret you want to work you want to work
secret you want to work you want to work
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really really really hard you know what
really really really hard you know what
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you'll succeed the world will give you
you'll succeed the world will give you
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the opportunity to
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really really really really hard but are
really really really really hard but are
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you so sure that that's going to give
you so sure that that's going to give
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you a great career when all the evidence
you a great career when all the evidence
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is to the contrary so let's assume let's
is to the contrary so let's assume let's
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deal with those of you who are trying to
deal with those of you who are trying to
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find your passion you actually
find your passion you actually
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understand that you really had better do
understand that you really had better do
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it never mind the excuses you're trying
it never mind the excuses you're trying
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to find your passion and you're so happy
to find your passion and you're so happy
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you found something you're interested in
you found something you're interested in
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I have an interest I have an interest
I have an interest I have an interest
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you tell me you say I have an interest I
you tell me you say I have an interest I
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say that's wonderful
say that's wonderful
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and what what are you trying to tell me
and what what are you trying to tell me
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that you well I have an interest I say
that you well I have an interest I say
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do you have a passion I have an interest
do you have a passion I have an interest
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you say your interest is compared to
you say your interest is compared to
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what well I'm interested in this and
what well I'm interested in this and
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what about the rest of humanity's
what about the rest of humanity's
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activities I'm not interested in them
activities I'm not interested in them
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you've looked at them all have you no
you've looked at them all have you no
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not exactly
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passion is your greatest love passion is
passion is your greatest love passion is
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the thing that will help you create the
the thing that will help you create the
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highest expression of your talent
highest expression of your talent
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passion interest it's not the same thing
passion interest it's not the same thing
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are you really going to go to your
are you really going to go to your
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sweetie and say marry me you are
sweetie and say marry me you are
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won't happen won't happen and you will
won't happen won't happen and you will
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die alone what you want what you want
die alone what you want what you want
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what you want is passion
what you want is passion
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it is beyond interest you need twenty
it is beyond interest you need twenty
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interests and then one of them one of
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them might be grab you one of them might
them might be grab you one of them might
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engage you more than anything else and
engage you more than anything else and
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then you may have found your greatest
then you may have found your greatest
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love in comparison to all the other
love in comparison to all the other
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things that interest you and that's what
things that interest you and that's what
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passion is have a friend proposed to his
passion is have a friend proposed to his
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sweetie
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he was an economic a rational person he
he was an economic a rational person he
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said to his sweetie let us marry let us
said to his sweetie let us marry let us
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merge our interests yes he did I love
merge our interests yes he did I love
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you truly he said I love you deeply I
you truly he said I love you deeply I
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love you more than any other woman I've
love you more than any other woman I've
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ever encountered I love you more than
ever encountered I love you more than
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Mary Jane Susie Penelope Ingrid
Mary Jane Susie Penelope Ingrid
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Gertrude Gretel I was on a German
Gertrude Gretel I was on a German
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exchange program then I love you more
exchange program then I love you more
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than penneth all right she left the room
than penneth all right she left the room
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halfway through his enumeration of his
halfway through his enumeration of his
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love for her after he got over his
love for her after he got over his
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surprise at being hit up turned down he
surprise at being hit up turned down he
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concluded he'd had a narrow escape from
concluded he'd had a narrow escape from
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marrying an irrational person although
marrying an irrational person although
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he did make a note to himself that the
he did make a note to himself that the
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next time he proposed it was perhaps not
next time he proposed it was perhaps not
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necessary to enumerate all the women he
necessary to enumerate all the women he
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had auditioned for the part but the
had auditioned for the part but the
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point stands you must look for
point stands you must look for
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alternatives so that you find your
alternatives so that you find your
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destiny or are you afraid of the world
destiny or are you afraid of the world
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that were destiny the real destiny the
that were destiny the real destiny the
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word destiny scare you and that's what
word destiny scare you and that's what
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we're talking about and if you don't
we're talking about and if you don't
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find the highest expression of your
find the highest expression of your
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talent if you settle for interesting
talent if you settle for interesting
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what the hell ever that means do you
what the hell ever that means do you
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know what will happen at the end of your
know what will happen at the end of your
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long life your friends and family would
long life your friends and family would
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gather in the cemetery and there beside
gather in the cemetery and there beside
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your gravesite will be a tombstone and
your gravesite will be a tombstone and
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inscribed on that tombstone it will say
inscribed on that tombstone it will say
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here lies a distinguished engineer who
here lies a distinguished engineer who
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invented
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velcro but what that tombstone should
velcro but what that tombstone should
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have said in an alternative lifetime
have said in an alternative lifetime
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what it should have said if it was your
what it should have said if it was your
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highest expression of talent was here
highest expression of talent was here
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lies the last Nobel laureate in physics
lies the last Nobel laureate in physics
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who formulated the grand unified field
who formulated the grand unified field
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theory and demonstrated the practicality
theory and demonstrated the practicality
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of warp drive velcro indeed one was a
of warp drive velcro indeed one was a
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great career one was a missed
great career one was a missed
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opportunity but then there are some of
opportunity but then there are some of
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you in spite of all these excuses you
you in spite of all these excuses you
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will find you will find your passion and
will find you will find your passion and
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you'll still fail you can fail because
you'll still fail you can fail because
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because you're not going to do it
because you're not going to do it
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because you'll have invented a new
because you'll have invented a new
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excuse any excuse to fail to take action
excuse any excuse to fail to take action
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and this excuse I've heard so many times
and this excuse I've heard so many times
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yes I would pursue a great career but a
yes I would pursue a great career but a
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value human relationships more than
value human relationships more than
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accomplishment I want to be a great
accomplishment I want to be a great
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friend I want to be a great spouse I
friend I want to be a great spouse I
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want to be a great parent and I will not
want to be a great parent and I will not
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sacrifice them on the altar of great
sacrifice them on the altar of great
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accomplishment what do you want to just
accomplishment what do you want to just
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say no do you want me to say now tell
say no do you want me to say now tell
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you really I swear I don't kick children
you really I swear I don't kick children
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huh look at the world view you've given
huh look at the world view you've given
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yourself you're a hero no matter what
yourself you're a hero no matter what
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and I by suggesting ever so delicately
and I by suggesting ever so delicately
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that you might want a great career
that you might want a great career
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let's take chilled I don't hate children
let's take chilled I don't hate children
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I don't kick them yes there was a little
I don't kick them yes there was a little
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kid wandering through this building uh
kid wandering through this building uh
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when I came here and no I didn't kick
when I came here and no I didn't kick
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him of course I had to tell him the
him of course I had to tell him the
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building was for adults only and to get
building was for adults only and to get
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out he mumbled something about his
out he mumbled something about his
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mother and I told him she'd probably
mother and I told him she'd probably
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find him outside anyway
find him outside anyway
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last time I saw Mia's on the stairs
last time I saw Mia's on the stairs
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crying what a wimp well but that what do
crying what a wimp well but that what do
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you mean that's what you expect me to
you mean that's what you expect me to
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say do you really think you really think
say do you really think you really think
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it's appropriate that you should
it's appropriate that you should
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actually take children and use them as a
actually take children and use them as a
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shield you know what will happen someday
shield you know what will happen someday
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you you ideal parent you the kid will
you you ideal parent you the kid will
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come to you someday and say I know I
come to you someday and say I know I
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want to be I know what I'm gonna do with
want to be I know what I'm gonna do with
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my life you were so happy it's a
my life you were so happy it's a
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conversation a parent wants to hear
conversation a parent wants to hear
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that's your kids good at math and you
that's your kids good at math and you
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know you're going to like what comes
know you're going to like what comes
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next says your kid I have decided I want
next says your kid I have decided I want
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to be a magician I want to perform magic
to be a magician I want to perform magic
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tricks on the stage and what do you say
tricks on the stage and what do you say
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you say you say um that's risky kid
you say you say um that's risky kid
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might fail kid don't make a lot of money
might fail kid don't make a lot of money
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at that kid you know I don't know kid
at that kid you know I don't know kid
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you should think about that again kid
you should think about that again kid
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you're so good at math why don't you end
you're so good at math why don't you end
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a kid interrupts you and says but it is
a kid interrupts you and says but it is
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my dream it is my dream to do this and
my dream it is my dream to do this and
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what are you going to say you know what
what are you going to say you know what
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you're gonna say look kid I have a dream
you're gonna say look kid I have a dream
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ones too but but it's how you gonna
ones too but but it's how you gonna
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finish the sentence with your but but I
finish the sentence with your but but I
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dream too once kid but I was afraid to
dream too once kid but I was afraid to
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pursue it or are you gonna tell them of
pursue it or are you gonna tell them of
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this I had a dream once kid
this I had a dream once kid
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but then you were born do you really do
but then you were born do you really do
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you really want to use your family do
you really want to use your family do
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you really ever want to look at your
you really ever want to look at your
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spouse and your kid I'd see your jailers
spouse and your kid I'd see your jailers
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there was something you could have said
there was something you could have said
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to your kid when he or she said I have a
to your kid when he or she said I have a
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dream you could have said look the kid
dream you could have said look the kid
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in the face and said go for it kid
in the face and said go for it kid
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just like I did but you won't be able to
just like I did but you won't be able to
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and so the sins of the parents are
and so the sins of the parents are
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visited on the poor children
visited on the poor children
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why will you seek refuge in human
why will you seek refuge in human
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relationships as your excuse not to find
relationships as your excuse not to find
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and pursue your passion you know why in
and pursue your passion you know why in
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your heart of hearts you know why and I
your heart of hearts you know why and I
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being deadly serious
being deadly serious
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you know why you would get all warm and
you know why you would get all warm and
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fuzzy and wrap yourself up in human
fuzzy and wrap yourself up in human
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relationships it is because you are you
relationships it is because you are you
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know what you are you were afraid to
know what you are you were afraid to
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pursue your passion you're afraid to
pursue your passion you're afraid to
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look ridiculous you're afraid to try
look ridiculous you're afraid to try
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you're afraid you may fail great friend
you're afraid you may fail great friend
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great spouse great parent great career
great spouse great parent great career
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it's not not a package it's not not who
it's not not a package it's not not who
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you are help you be one without the
you are help you be one without the
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other but you are afraid and that's why
other but you are afraid and that's why
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unless unless that most evocative of all
unless unless that most evocative of all
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English words unless what the unless
English words unless what the unless
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word is also attached to that other most
word is also attached to that other most
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terrifying phrase if only I had if only
terrifying phrase if only I had if only
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I had if you ever have that thought
I had if you ever have that thought
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ricocheting in your brain it will hurt a
ricocheting in your brain it will hurt a
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lot so those are the many reasons why
lot so those are the many reasons why
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you're going to fail to have a great
you're going to fail to have a great
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