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32: Be Open to Creative Ideas, Beat Back Self-Doubt and Get Started!

  Rob Angel was a 26-year-old waiter from Seattle, when he picked up a No. 2 pencil, yellow legal pad and Webster’s paperback dictionary to create the bestselling board game Pictionary, which has sold more than 38 million copies worldwide. Putting together the first 1,000 games in his apartment, he parlayed an idea into a...
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31: Reinvent Yourself: Launch a Second Act!

Illana Raia is a lawyer, lecturer and founder of Être—a forum for middle-school girls that helps them build on passions and interests. Illana retired from law and launched this forum as her last child was preparing to leave home. Être connects girls with professional women at the top of their game who serve as mentors...
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30: Simplify! Keep Your Life as Lean as Possible

Julia Hobsbawm is a writer, entrepreneur and acclaimed author. She was described by James Harding, former editor of The Times and BBC News and founder of Tortoise Media as “one of the most important public intellectuals in the UK.” Julia’s first book Fully Connected: Social Health in an Age of Overload, was shortlisted for Management...
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29: How to Disrupt, Change and Improve

Vijay Eswaran is a global philanthropist, business tycoon and bestselling author who once drove cabs in London and Chicago to pay his college tuition. As a first-generation entrepreneur who launched a company at the height of the Asian economic crisis in the late 90s, he has surmounted many challenges. He’s been named by Forbes as...
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28: Tough Love and Wisdom: How to Get out of Your Own Way

Laura Gassner Otting is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropic activist and former White House political appointee. She has interviewed thousands of leaders at crisis points in their lives and careers. She is a speaker, consultant and executive coach. Laura is also the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your...
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27: Channel Creativity in Trying Times to Come out Better Than Before

Keisha Blair is an economist who lost her husband when she was 31. She later wrote an article with the 40 life lessons she learned from this tragedy. That article went viral and led her down a new path. She is now the bestselling author of Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons to Help You Find...
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26: Helping Young Adults Suddenly Boomeranged Back Home

How to Live Harmoniously with Young Adults at Home Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is an expert on “emerging adults,” or, young people from 18 to 29.  A psychology professor at Clark University in Worcester, Mass, Jeffrey has defined this “emerging adult’ phase of life, which is quite distinct from the teen and adult phases. He has also...
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25: Facing Anxiety in the Moment Will Lead to Less Anxiety over Time

Let Anxious Thoughts, Feelings and Physical Sensations Wash over You. Jelena Kecmanovic, aka Dr. K, is founder and director of the Arlington/DC Behavior Therapy Institute and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. She has published articles and chapters on depression, anxiety, CBT, and relationships. Jelena is sharing advice based on psychological science regarding how to...
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24: Engaging in Novelty Adds Verve to Romantic Relationships

Experiencing Novelty  Together Makes You Grow Fonder of Each Other Today our guest is Xiaomeng Xu, who asks others to call her Mona, and also goes by Professor X for her students because her name is tricky to pronounce. Mona was born in Fuling, China and immigrated to the United States at age 5. Raised...
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23: Failure to Launch: Why Your Twenty-something Hasn’t Grown Up

Transitioning from Adolescence into Adulthood: Mark McConville is a family clinical psychologist who focuses on young adults who are struggling to transition from adolescence to adulthood. Mark is a senior faculty member at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland and a consulting psychologist to the Hathaway Brown School and University School in Cleveland, Ohio. He also...
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