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...like, wow, so that's how that works now. It was very surreal for me, because I've been a fan of hers for years. She wrote a beautiful theme that informs the kind of music that I like on the show. And then we basically get sent a bunch. Some of the music is not the music I listen to - for example, in the third episode Echo becomes a backup singer for a diva pop star, and that obviously is not my stuff. It just felt right for the episode...
...When I was preparing myself to enter the classroom, I worried that when I got in front of a bunch of kids I would suddenly discover that I didn’t have “it”—I might not have the talent, the calling, the innate ability to handle a classroom full of kids. Looking back, of course, none of that even exists. I already possessed the raw materials—dedication, optimism, and commitment, along with reservoirs of patience and creativity I didn’t even know...
...experience, we started piecing the comedy together. Who would possibly hate this more than a failed relief pitcher - they're used to being on the mound, at the center of the whole entire game. They're used to having all that attention and now they're left with a bunch of students who could care less...
...business network. And unlike, say, college students, we actually have jobs. What's the point of networking with people who can't hire you? Not that we'd want to work with anyone your age anyway. Given the recession - and the amount of time we spend on Facebook - a bunch of hungry, motivated young guns is the last thing we need around here...
...helpful cue about their best choice, says Richard Thaler, a behavioral economist at the University of Chicago and author of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness. Faced with a vast array of alternatives, many people--paralyzed--pick nothing, according to Thaler's research. "Sending people a bunch of options--that they can join health clubs or Weight Watchers or something--is probably not going to work," he says. What works is making good health effortless--say, by having a nurse come into the office to administer vaccines and allowing workers to opt out if they're not interested...