lisa genova - if you could do anything you wanted
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If You Could Do Anything You Wanted
Lisa GenovaNeuroscientist, novelist
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CA1 Hippocampus following global ischemia
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Bates Harvard Married NIH Baby House
My Carefully Plotted Life
Divorced, unemployed
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“If I could do anything I wanted--AND if I
didn’t have to care about what people thought
of me—what would that be?”
The Question that changed my life:
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Hint: It comes BEFORE words like:
But
Should
Shouldn’t
I can’t because
What’s Your Truth?
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“If I could do anything I wanted--AND if I
didn’t have to care about what people thought
of me, AND if I didn’t have to worry about
money—what would that be?”
THE Question, part 2
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Science papers are not novels
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Why Not Me?
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Nothing Is Wasted
PhDActingConsultingNana with ADYoga
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TotalRejectionAndFailure
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Self Publishing
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New York Times list, Jan 2009
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Some Stats
• Still Alice spent 59 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list
• It has been translated into 36 languages
• There are over 2.6 million copies in print
• I’ve written 3 more novels, all New York Times bestsellers
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HoorayForHollywood!
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Do What You Want to Do
This is why you’re here.
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Thank You!