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Apr 29, 2012
mrdolphin2 Says:
I think it's so good that you teach us... I love scott simon , how he makes the sentences flow I just found this utube of yours (been listening to npr since 1984) learned so much. I'm a pharmacist in Detroit, MI ....but I do love my radio
Mar 2, 2012
justicepartyuk Says:
Arshad Khan granted amnesty to those who committed terrorism before Good Friday Agreement
Jan 22, 2012
Grognax Says:
Summary: be ruthless, dismiss all the crappy stuff.
Jan 4, 2012
citybutterfly Says:
the point i am now is to learn how to distinguish crap with the good stuff and abandoning that crap. Most of the time I'm trying to save crap and hiding all the bad parts. lol....Ira makes a lot of sense. THANKS IRA
Jan 3, 2012
tantoedge Says:
2:08 This part actually made me laugh out loud. I am in the creative industry and this man tells it so true.  I've never heard anybody describe it as such and I adore that description.
Oct 22, 2011
tcdowning666 Says:
wow - I so pictured Ira looking so much different in my mind!
Sep 14, 2011
gregorybrandt Says:
If you like Ira, check out my videos. You'll be happy you did.
Aug 9, 2011
linglu Says:
Points for relating tape wanting to be bad to entropy!! So true!
Jul 6, 2011
AnnaInGV Says:
, it *does* cut off (but isn't supposed to be 5:20, that's #3 in series.)
Jul 6, 2011
AnnaInGV Says:
Cuts off at end - supposed to be 5:20, it's actually 4:02. Ooops... On finding great stories hard to find a decent one takes longer than to produce one. 1/2 to 1/3 of what we try, it flops, you know it won't work. Kill it; to make something better later. The importance of abandoning crap. The laws of entropy - all video production is trying to be trap . Prune ruthlessly. A lot of it is luck. Quantity -> luck. record & get rid of a lot of crap to be able to get to something special.
May 24, 2011
fortyfive17 Says:
"if you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get lucky" yes.
Apr 4, 2011
nabilinho Says:
best part 1:36 haha
Feb 26, 2011
thebuttnothing Says:
What do you do with your life, @TheGliderman? If the best you can add to something like this is a bunch of name calling, its time to evaluate your own worth.
Jan 22, 2011
essencecoach Says:
Loved this video, it talks about real life success as well as telling a good story.
Jan 6, 2011
stashews Says:
this is just right
Dec 17, 2010
EarInn Says:
This is excellent advice. Thank you, Ira.
May 29, 2010
thompsonv777 Says:
"...up from the ashes, grow the roses of success."
May 29, 2010
xBEACHMUSCLESx Says:
or a wappy sack job?
May 28, 2010
TheGliderman Says:
less than brilliant, just a sappy wack job
May 28, 2010
sothathappened Says:
brilliant man
Aug 24, 2009
billyshake Says:
That's one of the best things about TAL -- shelf life! I've listened to some episodes countless times. I don't remember the name, but I just recently listened again to that one about the painfully shy Brit who won the UK "who wants to be a millionaire" quiz show. Talk about a heart warming story!
Aug 24, 2009
nutherefurlong Says:
Yes. Yes, I do. They're pulling more reruns lately because they're making the television show in tandem now, but that just gives me an excuse to go back through their catalog and hear stuff I didn't hear the first time. The very first of theirs I heard was 24 Hours at the Golden Apple.
Aug 23, 2009
billyshake Says:
Boy, I hear that that, nuther. I'm a writer who's gone headlong into it and traded virtually every scrap of security I ever had...such as they were. Being an itinerant writer and global bum with a drug problem was supposed to be cool. It ain't. But the writing's been good. Still, thank christ for T.A.L. and other shows like it; I download them each week and it makes me miss the States a little. Do you listen to the show?
Aug 23, 2009
nutherefurlong Says:
Yeah, true. Some of them also forget about the work it took. Which is funny to me in a way, because sometimes writers, for instance, get worse over time if they're not always riding that crest of energy.  The ones that aren't so good, though, have often adjusted their life so they're not as self-destructive. I guess it's a trade-off for some.
Aug 23, 2009
billyshake Says:
I agree, amigo. Many who succeed -- especially in the arts -- blame it on 'destiny' or behave as if they were picked by the universe rather than remembering that one lucky moment or event. It's human, I guess.

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