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Now, don't get me wrong, dictionaries are fantastic resources, but they are human and they are not timeless

So, think about it this way

If I asked you to picture the air, what do you imagine?

I was particularly interested in moments of time that are examples of life changing the air

But perhaps it's time we start thinking about climate change on the same visceral level that we experience the air.

How many of you have used an electronic spreadsheet, like Microsoft Excel?

Very good. Now, how many of you have run a business with a spreadsheet by hand, like my dad did for his small printing business in Philadelphia? A lot less.

So I decided to build a prototype

In fact, I have a feeling that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters, they might still be around

This is really a two-hour presentation I give to high school students, cut down to three minutes

I'm driven by my passion.

if you do it for love, the money comes anyway.

To be successful, put your nose down in something and get damn good at it.

I think it all has to do with focusing yourself on one thing

Push yourself. Physically, mentally, you've got to push, push, push. You've got to push through shyness and self-doubt.

Persistence is the number one reason for our success. You've got to persist through failure. You've got to persist through crap! Which of course means Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure

So I want to talk about education and I want to talk about creativity

There was a very important study done a while ago at Princeton Theological Seminary that speaks to why

You know, I'm struck by how one of the implicit themes of TED is compassion

Startups and apps

This collection is aimed at helping you present your tech startups or apps in English. You can memorize useful phrases for presenting, pitching, being interviewed on your product or service. Use the same clever collocations as successful startups used and still use in their interviews clipped from tech blogs. Such as: "Ping was born from a personal frustration with having a...", "Our Aim is To Bridge The Gap Between...", "At the core of the app lies a clever algorithm that allows" etc.

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