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Dear Hank & John

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The Doomsday Clock 70 Fifth Anniversary

Hank: "I got an email from mam, yoye. I get a lot of news about my career" He says he was asked to be the keynote speaker for doomsday clock's 70 fifth anniversary. Hanka asks anonymous how she can have fun while playing sports instead of competing. She writes that kids in her class call her a p e try hard - trying too hard at something that doesn't matter much.

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Speaker 2
Ah, so this was weird. You know, how i found out i was invited to be the keynote speaker, presenter of the doomsday clock 70 fifth anniversary? I'm
Speaker 1
going to guess it was mam, cause it usually is. Mam.
Speaker 2
Yes, it was. I got an email from mam, yoye.
Speaker 1
I get a lot of news about my career. Fom mam,
Speaker 2
yesi like, is this really? Is this? Is this what's happening? Cause it seemed a little weird that it would come through mom and that they wouldn't find me some other way. But yes, the somebody knew my somebody knew good old sydney green. And i was like, this is the doomsday clock, and they would like me to do the thing. And ah, and i, you know, as with everything in my life, i was like, can can i even do this? Like, can i fit this in because it wasn't just an hour of presenting. I wanted to take it seriously and do a good job of it. And i knew that would take a lot of time. And it was like week end time that i spent, spent on it. So i wanted to make sure that i i could. And then i figured i had to figure out how to make it work
Speaker 1
viotically.
Speaker 2
So i say, i say no to almost everything, but i wasi felt really amazing. And also, it was, it was a thing that i knew i had to do a good job of, and that i knew that if i tried hard enough, i probably could. So
Speaker 1
i'd hang a ean conchatang. I
Speaker 2
also wanted, o wanted to take on ah, because i wasn't going to do a bad job of it, right? Right? Ah, is that hat? That would be, i was going to force oto do. I ood job, basically.
Speaker 1
Y, i thought you did a great job. I thought it was a beautiful speech. I think we have another question from anonymous who writes, dear john and hank, i am extremely competitive, and i love to win. And i am an eighth grade and i have p e every day. This is a great firstenis well constructed. Many kids in my p e class call me a p e try hard. Case you are unfamiliar with this term, it means that you are trying too hard at something that doesn't matter much. I fee like doesn't it also apply to trying really hard at things that do matter, like thats that's the thing about being at try hard that i find so confusing. Like people say, like other persons such a try hard about their education at im, like
Speaker 2
ye ye. I mean, continue. Ok, got thoughts.
Speaker 1
A, how should i deal with this? I don't like being told this, but i do like to be competitive and do my best in all the sports i play, even if they're just at p e. How can i just try to have fun while playing sports instead of competing? An everything, it's january, so that should tell everyone how long it takes hanka john to answer a question. Anonymous ardwart, not that long. Anotmot, that long. Not that
Speaker 2
it february.

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