158: On the Pursuit of Satisfaction

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The kid had a head for numbers.

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0:00.0	In New York you can gaze up at the towering skyscrapers or...
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0:30.0	This is the way I heard it.
0:37.0	Mike had a big mouth. No doubt about it.
0:39.0	A big, smart mouth that landed him in trouble more than once.
0:43.0	On the positive side he also had good grades, a government scholarship,
0:47.0	and a letter of recommendation from his former headmaster,
0:51.0	which the provost of the London School of Economics,
0:55.0	now considered.
0:57.0	Although he has been rather slow to mature, the letter red,
1:01.0	Mike is a lad of good general character.
1:04.0	The pleasing quality, which is now emerging,
1:07.0	is that of persistence when he makes up his mind to tackle something.
1:13.0	The provost considered the words of the headmaster
1:16.0	and spoke candidly to Mike.
1:19.0	Graduates of the London School of Economics include
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