Three years ago, I dreamed of going to TED. I applied, was rejected the first time, applied again a year later, and got in. Hell yeah!
After attending two TEDs, I dreamed of speaking at one. I applied, and was accepted for a smaller one (in India), but I spoke at TED!Hell yeah!
Then I dreamed of speaking at the big one. I applied and got got accepted, then did a talk that got a standing ovation, got 1000 tweets, and a lot of great reputation. Hell yeah!
But hmmm…. what next? I got invited to speak at at TED in Taipei Taiwan. Could be interesting…. But how to make it a “Hell yeah!” kind of thing? Hmmm….
Then I got an idea. That TED is almost a year away. What if I were to do the talk in Chinese?
I don’t know Chinese, but I really want to learn. I’ve been studying casually…. maybe I could ramp it up with this as a huge goal. An 18-minute TED talk in Chinese by next year? Now that’s a “HELL YEAH!” Just thinking about it makes my heart race in fear.
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