Lisa Genova - If You Could Do Anything You Wanted

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If You Could Do Anything You Wanted

Lisa GenovaNeuroscientist, novelist

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CA1 Hippocampus following global ischemia

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Bates Harvard Married NIH Baby House

My Carefully Plotted Life

Divorced, unemployed

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“If I could do anything I wanted--AND if I

didn’t have to care about what people thought

of me—what would that be?”

The Question that changed my life:

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Hint: It comes BEFORE words like:

But

Should

Shouldn’t

I can’t because

What’s Your Truth?

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“If I could do anything I wanted--AND if I

didn’t have to care about what people thought

of me, AND if I didn’t have to worry about

money—what would that be?”

THE Question, part 2

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Science papers are not novels

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Why Not Me?

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Nothing Is Wasted

PhDActingConsultingNana with ADYoga

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TotalRejectionAndFailure

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Self Publishing

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New York Times list, Jan 2009

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Some Stats

• Still Alice spent 59 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list

• It has been translated into 36 languages

• There are over 2.6 million copies in print

• I’ve written 3 more novels, all New York Times bestsellers

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HoorayForHollywood!

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Do What You Want to Do

This is why you’re here.

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Thank You!