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If by Rudyard Kipling read by Lex Fridman
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This is a poem by Rudyard Kipling titled If. It is a father giving advice to his son. • If you can keep your head when all about you • Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, • If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, • But make allowance for their doubting too; • If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, • Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, • Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, • And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: • If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; • If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; • If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster • And treat those two impostors just the same; • If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken • Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, • Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, • And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools: • If you can make one heap of all your winnings • And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, • And lose, and start again at your beginnings • And never breathe a word about your loss; • If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew • To serve your turn long after they are gone, • And so hold on when there is nothing in you • Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’ • If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, • Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, • If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, • If all men count with you, but none too much; • If you can fill the unforgiving minute • With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, • Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, • And—which is more—you’ll be a man, my son. • Writing music and poetry have been a part of my life for many years, along with science and martial arts. I've written a lot of songs, almost all of which no one has ever heard, including close friends. Me playing covers and reading this poem is a step toward it. My main passion is artificial intelligence (especially engineering of it into real-world systems) but guitar, piano, wrestling, jiu jitsu, and judo have helped me in that pursuit in fundamental ways that I hope to elucidate over time. If this is not your thing, please be patient and ignore it. But if you enjoy it, your support and love are always appreciated. • Connect with on social media: • Twitter: / lexfridman • LinkedIn: / lexfridman • Facebook: / lexfridman • Instagram: / lexfridman
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