Despite feeling robbed in previous competitions, the speaker mentally prepared themselves to not let the judges control the outcome of the match and ultimately won despite a difficult move from their opponent.
David Foster Wallace's agent, Stuart Eisenstadt, was introduced to him through a client who wrote academic papers, and described Wallace's book deal as "unpromising."
A speaker talks about how his rise to fame allowed him to help others, even his friends who wanted to meet celebrities.
Cortez shares his experience of creating unique handshakes with everyone in his university community, from the president to sororities and fraternities, becoming a campus celebrity in the process.
This podcast discusses the idea of abandoning the need for rational justification in everything we do and opening up to the fact that sometimes illogical concepts can work better in the real world.