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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.03,0:00:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What advice would you give to your 16-year-old self?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.12,0:00:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When someone challenges you or a group,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.60,0:00:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes know when not to take the challenge on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.11,0:00:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I'm going to lose, that's going to suck,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.93,0:00:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes know when to take the challenge on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.35,0:00:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my freshman year in college,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.96,0:00:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a professor said, "If no one takes the final exam,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.22,0:00:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone will get an A.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.44,0:00:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if one person takes it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.69,0:00:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone in the class will get a double F, get a zero,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.05,0:00:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole class will fail."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.67,0:00:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for ten years, he had been doing this challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.63,0:00:30.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this was most popular class in college,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.59,0:00:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were students of all years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.30,0:00:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two valedictorians from their respective classes were in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.20,0:00:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a freshman, I didn't know any better.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.98,0:00:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just said, "Alright, I'm going to organize this,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.71,0:00:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I helped everyone not to take the exam.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.59,0:00:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all got A's,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.38,0:00:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I became infamous for organizing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.45,0:00:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, a part of the reason why I'm an organizer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.77,0:00:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the media lab,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.100,0:00:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the domain of education,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.51,0:00:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was probably because of that experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.84,0:00:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what I would say to myself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.68,0:00:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any 16-year-old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.78,0:00:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if someone challenges you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.26,0:00:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know when to take it on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.64,0:00:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take it on big.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.14,0:01:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you win and it's epic,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.26,0:01:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that becomes part of who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.72,0:01:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of how people see you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.99,0:01:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and part of how you approach doing future things.
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