[music] [music] [applause] >> I had a terrible dream this morning. I dreamt I gave this talk without pants. Oh, no, Jose. Last time I had this dream, I was 14 the night before my math exam. Clearly, my brain thinks this is as stressful as trigonometry. I called my comedian friend Brian. Brian is a wise person. He has a lot of time to think about stuff because he's also unemployed. Brian told me, "Akash, don't worry. " Brian is Irish. I can't do accents, so imagine it yourself. "Akash, don't worry. Life is l ...

3:47 a. m. Operating theater.The patient is lying on the table. His chest is cracked open, hard, visible. We're doing a coronary artery bypass surgery.Everything is going fine. The team is focused. And at a point a suture tears.Blood starts pooling. Alarms ringing. Monitors screaming.The pressures dropping to 90, 60, 85, 80, 75. My hand is inside someone's chest. And every instinct in me is screaming, "Do something. Fix this." Now, here's what my mentor taught me to do in these situations.Count to 7. 1 2 3 ...