Madame, this child is gifted.

And I heard that enough that I started to believe it.

If you have the opportunity, not a perfect opportunity,

and you don't take it, you may never have another job.

It all was so clear. It was just like the picture started to form itself.

There was no way in which a lie could prevail over the truth, darkness over light, death over life.

Every day I wake up and decide. Today I'm going to love my life. Decide.

My advice is if they don't break your leg once when you go in that place stay out of there.

And then along come these differential experiences that you don't look for, you don't plan for,

but boy you better not miss them.

Welcome to what it takes. We're launching in just two weeks and we hope you'll

subscribe to the cast on iTunes. It's a crowded field of podcasts out there we

know, but we think once you hear what we're about you're

going to want to listen so first let me introduce myself I'm Alice Winkler and

I'm the producer writer and editor of what it takes but actually I'm not who you're tuning in for. On what it takes,

you'll hear Nobel Prize winning scientists, world leaders, best-selling authors and musicians,

record-breaking athletes, game-changing tech entrepreneurs,

humanitarians and explorers, all talking about what matters most to them, what's closest to their hearts.

They'll tell powerful stories about what led them to overcome, in some cases, terrible obstacles

to have enormous impact in the world.

What it takes is a podcast about passion, vision, courage, and perseverance.

Take a listen to some excerpts from our first few episodes.

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