What's stopping you?
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Audience interaction: Who here has a clear idea of what they want from life?
Audience interaction : Who here has a clear idea of what they want from life? Audience interaction : Who here has a clear idea of how to get it? That was a joke; very few 50 year old adults have a good answer to both of those questions. This is a class about a fatal trap that lies in wait for the brilliant but unwary young person: success; or other people’s definitions of success. This class is a polemic. I make a number of extremely large claims. Feel free to challenge them, we have time. What we mean by success “Excellence” : Ordinary success. Pejorative, here. Default. money, status, fame,
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