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Anne Wojcicki on Following Your Curiosity Feb 16, 2022

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Anne Wojcicki always followed her interests. From sneaking into figure skating rinks as a kid, to taking her interest in genetics to the next level and co-founding the genetics company 23andMe, Anne told us how she’s built her career off curiosity. And as 23andMe has faced challenges from regulators and privacy advocates over the years, Anne had to dig into her passion even more to boost morale.

In this episode, Anne shares:

The 23andMe origin story
What boosted morale on her team
Why she actively seeks out feedback from naysayers
How she’s played the long game with building her company
How the tech world has changed for women

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Victoria Beckham and Sarah Creal on Work Partnerships Feb 09, 2022

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Victoria Beckham has switched industries three times so far during her career: trading in the Spice Girls for a solo career, then launching her own fashion label. Now, she’s in the midst of her third big pivot: a foray into beauty, via a sustainable luxury brand. And she brought in Sarah Creal, a lifelong product developer who’s worked with everyone from Bobbi Brown to Estée Lauder.

In this episode, Victoria and Sarah talk about:

Building credibility by putting product first
Refining long-term business plans
Choosing a co-founder
Standing out in a crowded field

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Nancy Twine on When To Quit Your Day Job Feb 02, 2022

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Nancy started her career at Goldman Sachs — but she always knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. She had grown up helping her grandmother and her mother make natural home-remedies for hair and skin, and realized there was a gaping hole in the beauty market. But she didn’t quit her day job right away: instead, she stayed on the trading room floor for another four years and worked evenings and weekends to run her own business, Briogeo, on the side. Talk about time management skills.

In this episode, Nancy talks about:

What she learned on Wall Street during the 2008 financial crash
Figuring out when to quit your day job
Putting product development before branding
Making choices during a company’s early stages
When to think about outside funding for a business

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Rebroadcast: Gayle King On Knowing Your Worth Jan 26, 2022

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This week, we’re throwing it back to one of our favorite episodes from last year.

What does it actually mean to know your worth at work? This week, we asked the queen of confidence (and of morning TV), Gayle King, how she found hers. She told us her self worth came from years of salary negotiations, building strong support systems, navigating setbacks, and dealing with tough bosses.

In this episode, Gayle shares:

Her mindset going into negotiations
How she gained a sense of self worth as a junior reporter
Why tough moments and failure can add to self worth
How she leans on her support system
Why celebrating other people’s success adds to your self worth (hi, Oprah)
How she dealt with being underestimated

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Lindsey Vonn on Mental Toughness Jan 19, 2022

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Lindsey Vonn isn’t just physically tough – she’s also known as one of the most mentally strong athletes. She started competing in international skiing competitions when she was just nine years old, and went on to become the most decorated female skier in history, including winning three Olympic Winter Games medals. And along the way, Lindsey dealt with a number of terrifying injuries, which challenged her mental and physical strength. After retiring from professional skiing, Lindsey’s switched arenas, starting her own production company, writing a memoir and leading her own foundation.

In this episode, Lindsey talks about:

How competition has served her - and hurt her
Career setbacks and how injuries actually helped her
Learning to trust people she was competing with
Building a risk-tolerant mindset

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Melissa Wood-Tepperberg on Setting Intentions Jan 12, 2022

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Melissa Wood-Tepperberg went from working in nightclubs and modeling to becoming one of the first people to start streaming workouts online. That turned into her own health and fitness app, which now has thousands of paying subscribers. Today, Melissa has almost one million Instagram followers and her app, Melissa Wood Health, is a case study at Harvard Business School — despite the fact Melissa never went to college herself.

In this episode, Melissa talks about:

How meditation changed her life
Experimenting as a way to figure out your career path
Learning to listen to your gut
How she stopped comparing herself to other people

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Fran Lebowitz on Improvising Jan 05, 2022

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Fran Lebowitz found fame as a writer in the 1970’s, when she started out writing movie reviews and magazine columns. She went on to publish two essay collections containing her observations of New York City and the people around her — cementing her as a definitive voice of a generation.

In this episode, Fran talks about:

Finding her writing process
Networking without the internet
Improvising when she got writer’s block
Refusing to follow the crowd

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Dana Canedy on Goal Setting Dec 22, 2021

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Dana Canedy is a Pulitzer-winning reporter who’s set goals for herself since her first internship. But halfway through her career as a reporter Dana lost her fiancé, which shaped the rest of her life and her career. And Dana figured out how to keep going — becoming the first person of color, the youngest, and first female administrator of the Pulitzer Prize and the first Black person to head up a major US publishing imprint.

In this episode, Dana talks about:

How she set goals for herself early on
Switching roles throughout her career
How her personal life shaped her professional trajectory
How to recognize all your successes — even the small ones

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Sheila Lirio Marcelo on How To Manage People Dec 15, 2021

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Sheila was at Harvard Business School, rifling through the Yellow Pages to find care for her infant son and her elderly father when she realized finding care should be easier. But unlike some Silicon Valley founders, Sheila wasn’t in a rush: instead, she prioritized building her leadership and management skills before she launched Care.com.

In this episode, Sheila talks about:

Figuring out what skills she needed to learn before launching a company
What qualities she looks for in potential managers
Why people teams are essential to startup success
Finding your style as a manager and owning your mistakes

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Carly Fiorina on Taking Tough Feedback Dec 08, 2021

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Carly worked her way up from management trainee at AT&T, going from fighting for respect from her male colleagues to taking the top job at Hewlett-Packard and becoming the first female CEO of a Fortune 50 company. She oversaw a contentious merger, job and pay cuts. And after she was fired, Carly served as an advisor to John McCain and Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns — in between beating breast cancer and running for President herself. She’s no stranger to criticism and tough feedback, and this week, she shared how learning to take feedback has helped her on her journey.

In this episode, Carly talks about: