{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Curiosity Chronicle","title":"Commencement Wisdom","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":230,"description":"A great commencement speech is filled with wisdom.10 powerful lessons from the best commencement speeches of all time:#1: Connecting the Dots\"You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.\" - Steve Jobs, Stanford 2005Life is uncertain. Have faith that your dots will somehow connect.#2: Master the Rescue\"The difference between triumph and defeat, you’ll find, isn’t about willingness to take risks. It’s about mastery of rescue.\" - Atul Gawande, Williams 2012Failures are a given. The greatest don't fail less, they just succeed in rescuing more.#3: Be a Doer\"I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.\" - Shonda Rhimes, Dartmouth 2014It's not enough to dream. You have to do.#4: Learn to Improvise\"Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.\" - Stephen Colbert, Northwestern 2011Life has a habit of laughing at your best-laid plans. Let it flow - learn to improvise!#5: Appreciate the Sweetness\"When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud: 'If this isn't nice, what is?'\" - Kurt Vonnegut, Rice 1998Life moves fast. Slow down, pause, and appreciate moments of sweetness. You'll be glad you did.#6: Run Toward the Storm\"Whatever you choose for a career path, remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.\" - Chadwick Boseman, Howard 2018Your career will be filled with struggles. Don't hide. Run toward them! Let them shape you.#7: Embrace Imposter Syndrome\"I just directed my first film. I was completely unprepared, but my own ignorance to my own limitations looked like confidence and got me into the director's chair.\" - Natalie Portman, Harvard 2015We are all...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4nO1oo__jWE5MpZsRfwEO_6q4py16kwv8WwJybce4FA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxOTcwLzE2NzEx/MzU5MDctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}