Scott Barry Kaufman

This was after class, after school, after school.

And so I just walked, went with them.

And they were in the choir room and the choir conductor was there.

And I remember just sort of like making fun of them.

Like, I was like, you know, you all sound like this.

And the choir conductor turned around, looked at me and said, what just happened?

Like you have talent.

Like, do you want to join our choir?

And so that was one of my first big things that gave me such an amazing sense of efficacy and excitement.

And it just felt so good.

I mean, I can't tell you how good it feels to go from a long period in your life where you are in

visible you are literally invisible and you know deep inside you that you're capable of more to a moment where suddenly you're now allowed to be discovered it was almost like i went through nine grades where i was forbidden for anyone even to see that i had any potential

So I didn't do too hot on the SAT.

I'm gonna just lay it to you straight there, my friend.

Huge anxiety.

I'm getting anxiety thinking about that SAT session.

Like even just thinking about it, like how many 20 or 25 years later, I'm anxiety.

I remember seeing the countdown of the clock on the screen, tick, tick, you got two minutes left to answer all these questions and my brain just freezing.

And I didn't do too hot on the SAT.

It's very astute of you to notice that, but that's exactly how I felt as well.