My name is Daniel Uldrich and I'm the dean's professor of resilience here in Boston, Massachusetts at Northeastern University. It's my pleasure to be here today with you. I want to talk about the idea of 30 minutes, one question, and six weeks.What I would call a life in pivots. Picture me a long time ago as a small child with a remote control in my hand. And I'm going to argue that at that moment when I chose a television show and then two other seemingly mundane moments in my life, those three moments, wh ...

Imagine [applause] this. You're about to give an important presentation. Your heart starts racing.You start questioning your life choices. What was I thinking signing up for this. How did I get here.Well, let me tell you there's a bit of chaos theory at work. My first presentation was at university. I was a freshman in the physics department and I had spent a lot of time preparing for it.It was about the lifeies of several legendary physicists. I felt totally ready. But when the time came, my whole body ros ...