Allen has always been motivated when people tell him no.  He feels that his entire career is involved in the pursuit of goals that people told him were impossible to meet.  Allen also talks about his first love of literature.  He shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: put your heart into your work be independent seek clarity and understanding humility can be a starting point towards inquiry seek out truth, facts and reality have solitude   tags:  Allen, Mendenhall, author, lawyer, critic, professor, A, Glooming, Peace, This, Morning, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean,