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imagine you are a taha write a reply to afshan thanking her and advise her to follow her own dream of becoming a cartoonist
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spoke at the Do Lectures about pursuing a lifelong dream to become a cartoonist. Some of you asked for more details, so here are the notes from my talk. There have been some nice articles in Wired, Treehugger, and the Harvard Business School newspaper too.

Three years ago, I had the great fortune of coming to the first Do Lectures. At the time I worked for an amazing company called method. When I heard about the Do Lectures, I thought that the method story would make an inspiring talk. So, I wrote the founder, David Hieatt, offering to tell the story of method. He agreed that it was an inspiring story. But, he said, it’s not your story. He then asked the founders of method to tell it.

I knew that David was right. Method wasn’t my story. But it left me wondering, what is my story?

And so I came to this tent three years ago with that question in mind. After several days, the answer came to me. I wanted to be a cartoonist.

I don’t know what they put in the tea here, but this was a crazy idea. I didn’t go to business school to become a cartoonist. I certainly didn’t take on business school debt to become a cartoonist. I hadn’t managed my resume to become a cartoonist. I was in the SITKOM demographic: “Single Income, Two Kids, Oppressive Mortgage.” That’s not the recipe for a cartoonist.

But, there it was. Once I voiced that wish in this tent, it wouldn’t leave me alone.

And so, two years later, one year ago, I left a great job, at a great company, in a recession, to become a cartoonist. Today, I’m here to share the story of finding my story, in the hopes that it helps you think about yours.

The truth is, this wasn’t the first time I had made that wish. I had always wanted to draw for a living. As a kid, I always had a sketchpad with me. I not only liked to draw, I wanted to be known for it. At the age of 11, I signed my drawings “Tom Fish” because I thought “Fishburne” would be too long.

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