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The Last Lecture
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- IV — ENABLING THE DREAMS OF OTHERS†
Part 4 *enabling = making possible
- Training a Jedi IT'S A thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.†
Part 4
- I was incredibly appreciative that Tommy felt I helped enable his dreams.†
Part 4enable = make possible
- But what made it really special was that he was returning the favor by enabling the dreams of my current students (and helping me in the process).†
Part 4enabling = making possible
- The Promised Land ENABLING THE dreams of others can be done on several different scales.†
Part 4
- You can do it with fifty or a hundred people at a time, the way we did in the Building Virtual Worlds class or at the ETC. And, if you have large ambitions and a measure of chutzpah, you can attempt to do it on a grand scale, trying to enable the dreams of millions of people.†
Part 4enable = make possible
- I enabled Dennis's dream way back when he needed it...and now that I need it, he is enabling mine.†
Part 5enabled = made possible
- I enabled Dennis's dream way back when he needed it...and now that I need it, he is enabling mine.†
Part 5enabling = making possible
- My personal take on optimism is that as a mental state, it can enable you to do tangible things to improve your physical state.†
Part 5enable = make possible
Definitions:
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(1)
(enable) to make possiblein various senses, including:
- to give someone the ability, knowledge, or authority to do something -- as in "The study will enable an informed discussion."
- to activate a computer system for use -- as in "You can enable the feature in the Settings Page."
- to permit someone to repeat bad behavior, so they reinforce the bad pattern -- as in "I don't want to enable her drug addiction."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)