Episode 164: Choosing to Believe
Very Bad Wizards
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The Odds Are Stacked Against You to Be a Successful Artist
It's been bothering me because it does feel like you're almost not allowed to say, to try to cheer people on and inspire them. And I just don't see that in other fields. Like Martin Scorsese has to constantly remind everyone that the odds were so stacked against him. He was the lucky one. That's exactly what I'm talking about. It's pretty clear that it's really, really hard to become a successful actor or musician or NBA player or whatever. In a way that is not clear when you're a first-year PhD student.
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