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ira glass gives us something to think about.

 at the risk of getting a tad bit heavy here in cheery blogland, i just had to share this.

gold stars for all of you out there pursuing your passions. no matter what the out come, it takes some balls just to give it a shot.

“Everybody has a drama, a struggle that they went through, and for me it was turning myself from somebody who wasn’t any good at this thing (storytelling) into somebody who’s really, really good at it. I was a great intuitive story editor from the start, but writing, interviewing, performing on the radio—I was just terrible at all of that. All through my 20s, my parents were like, “Why are you doing this?” I wasn’t making any money, and I was so bad at it. I was 19 when I started at NPR and I was 27 or 28 before I could competently put together a story that I had written. All that time, I just stubbornly pushed toward this thing because I thought it would work out in some form. I was right about that, but I was wrong about pretty much everything along the way.”

via out of print. read the whole article here.

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12 Comments

Kate, what an inspiring story!

Melissa Blake added these words on Jun 15 10 at 4:34 pm

I <3 Ira Glass and TAL! What a great interview.

Jennifer added these words on Jun 15 10 at 7:04 pm

I <3 Ira Glass and TAL! Such a terrific interview!

Jennifer added these words on Jun 15 10 at 7:05 pm

love this interview. very inspiring. thank you.

also, i’m hot for ira glass. so that doesn’t hurt.

caroline added these words on Jun 15 10 at 7:58 pm

and what?! he’s 51?

my brad pitt cut-off age (instituted a long, long time ago) has just replaced by the ira glass cut-off age. wow, i am getting old.

caroline added these words on Jun 15 10 at 8:09 pm

Hhahaha Caroline! I couldn’t agree more. I adore him. I’ve read the interview 3 times now.

Funny how those kinds of rule evolve, huh? :)

Kate added these words on Jun 15 10 at 10:23 pm

Holy moly. I love this. I’m in that awkward phase of making no money, but knowing things are going to work out. 5 Gold Stars for Ira.

Rachel Dangerfield added these words on Jun 16 10 at 11:32 am

I do remember Ira talking about this once. Sometimes you need to hear that where people are today is not how they arrived. I have such a crush on him. Silly I know.

kelly added these words on Jun 16 10 at 2:15 pm

What a great and INSPIRING message. We just have to keep pushing forward :)

Name kendall k. added these words on Jun 16 10 at 4:00 pm

thanks for the boost. i needed that!

casey added these words on Jun 16 10 at 4:30 pm

Love it!! great encouragement & inspiration!! Thanks for sharing!!

Sasha {Everything Fabulous} added these words on Jun 16 10 at 5:55 pm

love me some ira + thanks for the pick me up!

Lindsey added these words on Jun 29 10 at 8:00 pm