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CharmYou Posted 12 years ago
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Check if my transcript is accurate

I tried transcribing this audio file but I don't know how I have done. I would be grateful if you could help me check if my transcript is accurate. Thanks a million.

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What’s the meaning of an MBA? One of my favorite quotes about education comes from Mark Twain. Twain wrote that education is the path, the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. Being an economist, that’s what I call an inspirational quote. Now this may not sound positive, but trust me it is. You see, only when you are unproven and untested can you hold that feeling of cocky ignorance. It is precisely when you face challenging experiences that truly stretch your capabilities that you force to grow, and inherit those positions of leadership where the questions are tough and the answers to those questions aren’t obvious or easy to find. That’s what people experience when they learn something deeply. I know because I can remember a time as a new graduate student when I had a lot of rewards and scholarships and I was feeling really smart. I thought, you know, this is gonna be great. Not only will I learn a little bit more but I am gonna have this great ego-building sense of accomplishment. I had this fantasy that people would just confirm my brilliance for me. But it was exactly the opposite. Everyday I remember going to class, and the smart professors would tell me that my assumptions were wrong, absolutely wrong. I learned that all my confidence was completely unfounded. Everyday I worked harder but felt I knew less. I didn’t know it then, but it was part of the path to learning. It was striping away false assumptions and taking me away from being a little too confident and leading me to a degree of uncertainty, but in a healthy way. You see, the world needs leadership in the places where knowledge isn’t quite sufficient. What you’ll learn in part is that the right thing is almost never completely known to leaders before they must act and lead. And just knowing that will help make you a great leader. That’s the path to learning. If it feels like you are taking a step backwards, I promise that’s the way forward. Don’t be afraid you got some miserable uncertainty. That’s the good spot. And you’re going to get to the better spots along the way. Those moments’ gonna change the way you see yourself, the world, and everything around you. And education is really life-long, it’s eternal. And what happens is that God will be with you, forever.
  

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OK. I have had a quick listen to this. Most of the words in your transcription are correct except:

that you're forced to grow
smart professor (I hear it as singular not plural)
stripping (double 'p')
don't be afraid if you've got some
those moments are

There are however quite a few errors in punctuation but it is a very long passage to correct the punctuation here

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