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The other night I was watching Episode 16 of Season 3 of the TV series The West Wing. Sam Seaborn is visited by his former physics professor, Dr. Dalton Millgate, who wants Sam to put in a good word for the funding of the superconducting supercollider – a controversial scientific project that would cost billions. Senator Enlow from Illinois is holding up the project for political reasons. A short exchange happens in Sam’s office between Dalgate, Enlow and Seaborn about what this costly project “does”:  

 Sen. Jack Enlow, D-IL: If we can only say what benefit this thing has. No one’s been able to do that.

Dr. Dalton Millgate: That’s because great achievement has no road map. The X-Ray is pretty good, and so is penicillin, and neither were discovered with a practical objective in mind. I mean, when the electron was discovered in 1897, it was useless. And now we have an entire world run by electronics. Haydn and Mozart never studied the classics. They couldn’t. They invented them.

Sam Seaborn: Discovery.

Dr. Dalton Millgate: What?

Sam Seaborn: Discovery is what. That’s what this is used for. It’s for discovery!

Practical Tip: When we lose hope or direction or get discouraged about what we’re about, about what our project does or is good for, remember this: it’s for discovery!  And that’s the road map to great achievement.

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Remember the first time you rode a bike and took your hands off the handlebars? And then because it felt fun and scary you did it again until you were streaking down a hill with the wind blowing in your face and your hands up over your head screaming, “Look ma! No hands!” That’s been the story of Diane's life. Showing up - maybe scared but not afraid - because when you fall down 7 you get up 8.

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