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Hey guys.
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Today it's Angela and the office crayfish. The office crayfish
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and I would like to congratulate you on getting this far, so well done for completing the last module,
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and we're both really proud of you. Now,
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today I want to talk about something I've heard students say a lot and, you know, it's this idea like
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maybe like I'm not cut out for programming, maybe like I just wasn't born with a particular brain that’s 
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required to think in this way, maybe like this is just not for me. And, you know, why is it that so and
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so like they just pick it up like that?
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Like why are they just born to do it, you know?
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And what I want to say to that is like, nobody is born to have a certain skill, right? Or, you know, there's
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a lot of things that require a lot of dedication to be able to achieve the result that people get.
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You just don't see it, that's all.
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Now, you know, you never see like a baby like just being born that’s all like really muscular, right?
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Like that doesn't happen. In order to get muscular, in order to get strong,
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you’ve got to go to the gym, you've got to put in the ropes, like nobody can help you with that, no matter
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how rich or how privileged or how smart you are.
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If you don't go to the gym you're not going to get stronger.
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And it's the same with a lot of other skills, you know, like, with programming, I would bet that there is
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no one programmer who you can find who hasn't done the work.
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Like you don't just show up on your day one and you’re like, well, I know everything. That doesn't work.
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And in most cases, like, you know, people often hide like the hard work that's required in order to get
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to where they are.
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Like if you think about the game Pokemon Go, like you remember that from like a few years ago, how it
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just blew up overnight and literally everybody was walking around playing Pokemon Go, I swear.
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And newspapers were saying like, “Oh, overnight sensation, Pokemon Go.”
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And it's like you know the creators stumbled on like some sort of a pot of gold.
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But actually like, do you know how many other games that Niantic
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and the founders of Niantic have built before that?
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Like how many have failed and how many were just kind of meh, like until they had this big moment?
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We don't see that.
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But it doesn't mean it doesn't happen,
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right?
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So, in order to get good at something, you've got to show up, you’ve got to put in the hours, and then you'll
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get the results that you deserve.
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And in fact you know like if you suddenly just like win the lottery and you get something that you haven't
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really worked hard for you never really cherish it.
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Like if somebody gives you a gift and you didn't have to work hard for it it's not the same as the thing
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that you know you worked a whole summer for like washing dishes.
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Like I certainly remember that.
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Like that thing that you buy is so different from something that somebody usually gives you.
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So put in the work, put in the effort, and the results will happen, I promise, and I am here for you and
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I'm here cheering you on. I believe in you.
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And I think you're going to do great.
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So just keep going.