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611 episodes transcribedBen Greenfield grew up in northern Idaho, a self-described homeschooled geek who played the violin and chess and spent most of his time reading or wri...
When Jay Samit was in his early 20s, he maxed out his credit cards designing a new machine for reading lottery tickets. However, his design was beaten...
As a preschool teacher in her twenties, Tiffany Aliche was off to a good start in her career. Then, she was the victim of a scam that left her deep in...
Chase Hughes became disturbingly aware of serious issues that plagued our intelligence operations. From interrogation to asset recruiting, our nationa...
Over the past few decades, will.i.am has made a name for himself in a variety of fields. He is perhaps most well-known as the founder and lead member...
When the pandemic struck in 2020, Hala Taha’s role model, her father, died a tragic death from COVID-19. He was still a well-respected doctor and was...
Pat Flynn lost what he thought was his dream job as an architect during the 2008 financial crisis. But that setback led him to launch several successf...
It all started with a three-page vision statement for Joey Zwillinger and his company, Allbirds, which is revolutionizing the footwear industry with i...
Jen Gottlieb was living what she thought was her dream: she was living in New York and had a role on a major television show. Then, in the span of a s...
Karissa Bodnar was in her early twenties and working her way up the cosmetic ladder, from a make-up artist at Sephora to Clarisonic and then to L’Oréa...
Growing up, Harley Finkelstein had a passion for entrepreneurship. He became one of the first vendors on Shopify, and his T-shirt company became a sur...
Prior to 2008, Chris Voss was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the FBI and the FBI’s hostage negotiation representative for the Nation...
Jaspreet Singh grew up in a family of doctors and it was assumed he would become a doctor too. But he decided to try a different path. He started his...
How can you leverage LinkedIn to generate leads and grow your business? LinkedIn has more than 135 million active users every day, so chances are, you...
For more than two decades, Gary Brecka worked in the life insurance business, using medical records and demographic data to predict life expectancy. O...
When Brad Stulberg was 31 years old, he suddenly developed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. His mind was plagued with thoughts of self-harm and depressi...
Rachel Rodgers grew up in a low-income household in Queens, learning how to live with the power out and not having enough food in the house. She saw h...
Hortense le Gentil felt stuck. Despite having a successful career in advertising in Paris, she didn’t know her purpose and she was unhappy in her marr...
Arthur Brooks had been a successful social scientist and an authority on human behavior for nearly thirty years. But he realized that when it came to...
When Joel Brown sat down to write out his 10-year vision, he was hit with a wave of imposter syndrome. He worried that, because he engaged in dangerou...
