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John Winder ’12, on NPR’s “This I Believe” Website

John Winder ’12, computer science, has an essay posted on NPR’s “This I Believe” website. Winder’s essay details how an embarrassing experience led him to the belief that “we can either take command of our mistakes, or let them command us.”

“I realized I had already screwed up as bad as anyone could, undermining an easy victory, looking like a fool to the world. If I tried again, how could I do any worse? Knowing that, I relinquished my fears,” he writes.

His full essay can be read here.