Why you will fail to have a great career: Larry Smith at TEDxUW
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Uploaded on Jan 8, 2012
Throughout his three-decade career here at the University of Waterloo, Larry Smith has inspired legions of students to take up the mantle of economics with his passionate and homespun tales of economic wizardry. A renowned story-teller, teacher and youth leadership champion, Larry has also coached and mentored countless numbers of students on start-up business management and career development strategies.
Having taught introductory microeconomics, macroeconomics and entrepreneurship classes, he recently celebrated assigning his 29,000th grade earlier this year.
Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award, Larry has also coached several of his former students to help them position and develop their businesses, the most famous of which is Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the revolutionary BlackBerry wireless mobile smartphone. Larry also sits on the advisory panels of start-ups to provide his guidance on financing and negotiation with investors and venture capitalists.
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John Galvin 1 week ago
I loved it, didn't expect bane to be so inspirational
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achemhem 1 week ago
Such an uncomfortable 15 minutes...in a good way?
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Lex Wick 3 hours ago
dumb ass boring cliche crap
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G Dempster 4 hours ago
Just take the advice smh, what if his dream is to teach what he does more than just teach...watch what they do ?? its not about him or anybody its about following your dreams, watching other will stop u from getting things done
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sor3999 12 hours ago
His dream is to teach.
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sor3999 13 hours ago
That's really cynical to think people would not be motivated unless they had competition.
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sor3999 13 hours ago
There are many different types of fields in either sports or music. You can be a project planner. Or a sound engineer. Unless you meant specifically a pro sports baller or a platinum musician with sold out concerts. People who love video games think they should go into programming, but forget that music, art, story telling, and planning make up the rest of it.
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TheKarateJacko 2 days ago
When I finish my speach then you have my permission to leave.
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Nighato 2 days ago
I think he's a little weird
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samuraixviking 2 days ago
That's the great thing about choices, you can always change them. There should never be "If I had only", just do what you want to do with your life. "Pursue your passion" at any time, there is no limit or deadline.
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