(NYTIMES) When I give lectures on college campuses, the most difficult question I am asked is this: "I want to pursue my dream, but my parents want me to do something different. What should I do?"
I can relate. What would have made me happy as a young person was to be a writer and study literature. What would have made my parents happy was for me to become a doctor like my brother, who went to Harvard and Stanford.
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