WEBVTT - Introducing A Slight Change of Plans

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<v Speaker 1>Pushkin. I think a lot of us have had a

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<v Speaker 1>moment that changes everything, that instantly splits our life into

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<v Speaker 1>a before and an after. Yeah, I want to know

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<v Speaker 1>what changed and that just rocked my world. Signed the

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<v Speaker 1>papers and that was it. Not morning. Totally changed my perspective.

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<v Speaker 1>It's twins, I know, and I know. I just know.

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<v Speaker 1>Change is like this ever present force shaping all of

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<v Speaker 1>our lives. But how does it really work. I'm Maya

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<v Speaker 1>Shankar and my life changed in a moment. I had

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<v Speaker 1>dreamed of being a concert violinist from the time I

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<v Speaker 1>was a little kid twelve years old from Cheshire, Connecticut.

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<v Speaker 1>We now have violinist Maya Shankar. Music was my life,

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<v Speaker 1>practiced for hours and hours after school, and my big

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<v Speaker 1>dreams were actually coming true. I was accepted at Juilliard

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<v Speaker 1>and my musical idol, It's a Perlman invited me to

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<v Speaker 1>be his violin student. So I hope to play with

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<v Speaker 1>every orchestra in the world, performed everywhere. One day, I

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<v Speaker 1>was rehearsing a challenging piece by Paganini, when all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden, I heard a pop in my hand. The

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<v Speaker 1>doctor examined my injury and told me I'd never be

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<v Speaker 1>able to play again. Up until that moment, I was

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<v Speaker 1>a violinist, and then just like that, I wasn't. I

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<v Speaker 1>was heartbroken and anxious, but at the same time, I

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<v Speaker 1>was also a little excited by all the possibility. Fast

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<v Speaker 1>forward two decades and I'm now a cognitive scientist who

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<v Speaker 1>actually studies how and why we change. My work has

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<v Speaker 1>taken me to the Obama White House and the United Nations,

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<v Speaker 1>and what I've come to realize from all these experiences

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<v Speaker 1>is that there's this huge treasure trove of wisdom out

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<v Speaker 1>there on how to navigate change. And it's not in

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<v Speaker 1>a textbook. It's in people's stories. They're messy, complex and

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes magical stories. In this show, I'll have revealing, intimate

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<v Speaker 1>conversations with a bunch of people, some well known like

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<v Speaker 1>Tiffany Hattish, Hillary Clinton, and Casey Musgraves, and some whose

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<v Speaker 1>names you might not recognize, but all of them have

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<v Speaker 1>lived through extraordinary change in their lives. Do I believe

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<v Speaker 1>the truth because I know it is true and change

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<v Speaker 1>my direction, or do I continue living a lot. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>I had and everything I believed in, thought and experienced

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<v Speaker 1>was on the line. And I suddenly thought to myself.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you are telling people to do something that you

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't do yourself. We'll be diving deep into the world

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<v Speaker 1>of change and hopefully come out thinking a bit differently

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<v Speaker 1>about change in our own lives. I'm Maya Shankar and

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<v Speaker 1>this is a slight change of plants from Pushkin Industries.

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<v Speaker 1>I like, told you guys shit that I haven't literally

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<v Speaker 1>haven't told anyone else. So