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That's Intriguing #22: Is Confidence the Key to Winning American Idol?

A USA TODAY article entitlted "Idol Outcome Looks Like a Toss-Up" starts with "All season long, American Idol judges have told Lee DeWyze, "Have confidence."

They like him – arguably more than Crystal Bowersox, whose "indie, coffee house" vibe may not result in the huge sales and fan following that's their priority.

But the judges keep asking him, "Do you believe you can win this thing?"

The point? Before convincing others; we ourselves must be convinced.

If we don't think we've got what it...

That's Intriguing #21: What's the Link Between Story-Telling and the Perfect Pitch?

"It's not overly dramatic to say your destiny depends on the impression you make." – Barbara Walters

What a treat it was to wake up and find that Ian Ayres had written a Freakonomics – NY Times blog called Pitch Me Your Day.

In it, he featured a video clip of National Public Radio's Ira Glass talking about the art of story-telling – along with a link to a previous blog he'd done about me and POP!

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/pitch-me-your-day/

In this fun blog, (Go Ian!)...