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Embrace the Shake - Phil Hansen

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In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated until a neurologist made a simple suggestion: embrace this limitation... and transcend it. How can limitations inspire creativity and drive innovation?

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Limitations are things that allow ourselves to grow as individuals

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