Matthias and Klemens, danke schoen for existing. Your music fills me with joy, and inspires me to do wonderful and amazing things with my life the way you guys do. You guys give me a sense of what is possible.
Kobe Bryant was recorded as saying: "The greatest fear you face is yourself because we all have dreams, and it's very scary sometimes to accept the dream that you have. And it's scarier still to say, " I want that." It's scary because you're afraid that if you put your heart and soul into it, and you fail, then how are you going to feel about yourself? So, being fearless means putting yourself out there and going for it. No matter what, go for it. Not for anybody else, but for yourself."
This quote touched on something I felt when I started at MIT. I was afraid of giving it my all. Sometimes I still am. But I did not come this far to come only this far. I am going to close my laptop and go to sleep.
When I get up, it's on. It's time to visualize doing the wonderful things with Shrishti's project, the heat transfer enhancement project, and all the others. And then execute with everything in the service of making that vision a reality. I will take concrete steps every day toward creating a thriving research group.
Gradatim ferociter.
Step by step, ferociously.
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