Through a storytelling approach to history’s heroes and today's superstars of success, Classic Influence focuses on the strategic application of the wisdom of history and insights from social science. Listen in as we explore the timeless lessons we can learn from the legends of leadership, the titans of strategy, and the icons of influence and power. Guided by your host, the Harvard and Columbia-trained researcher, author (The Strategist Code), and speaker, Dr. Johnny Welch, M.B.A., you will ...
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Hosts Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth discuss the week’s best album releases towards the goal of crowning the Album(s) of the Year on Listmas Day.
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The Future. It’s all there, in front of us. It could go wonderfully. Or it could go badly wrong. It will inevitably require our passions and our ingenuity. So how do we see the challenges early on, find solutions and help make the world a better place? For ourselves, for our families, for everyone. Welcome to the Futureverse, brought to you by Intelligence Squared and Y TREE.
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21--New Releases of 09/04/24 including MJ Lenderman, LL Cool J, Shovels & Rope, David Gilmour, Hinds, Bleachers, Mercury Rev and more...
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It's a big week on the Listmas Podcast! Hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 9/4/24, including Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman, THE FORCE by LL Cool J, Something Is Working Up Above My Head by Shovels and Rope, Viva Hinds by Hinds, A Stranger Desired by Bleachers, Luck and Strange by David Gilmour, Sick of Being Sick…
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20--New Releases of August 30, 2024 including The Cactus Blossoms, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Caleb Caudle, RZA and more!
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of August 30, 2024 including Every Time I Think About You by The Cactus Blossoms, Wild God by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Sweet Critters by Caleb Caudle, A Ballet Through Mud by RZA, the Colorado Symphony & Christopher Dragon and more! Happy Listening!…
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19--New Releases of 8/23/24 including Fontaines D.C., Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Sofi Tukker and The Softies
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This week, hosts Reginald Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 8/23/24, including Romance by Fontaines D.C., Woodland Studios by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Bread by Sofi Tukker and The Bed I Made by The Softies. Happy listening!By Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth
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18--New Releases of 8/16/24 including Ray LaMontagne, Pony Bradshaw, Post Malone and more
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 8/16/2024 including Long Way Home by Ray LaMontagne, Thus Spoke the Fool by Pony Bradshaw, F-1 Trillion by Post Malone and more. Happy Listening!By Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth
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17--New Releases of 8/9/24 including Thee Oh Sees, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Futurebirds and more!
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of August 9, 2024 including SORCS 80 by Thee Oh Sees, Flight b741 by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Easy Company by Futurebirds and more. Happy Listening, friends!By Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth
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16--LISTMAS LOCK with Jason Lytle from Grandaddy
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For the first of our special LISTMAS LOCK episodes, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies are joined by Jason Lytle, frontman of Grandaddy, who discusses his latest album Blu Wav, which is on Dangerbird Records. Topics of discussion include skateboarding, the intersection of nature and technology, the influence of place on art, office environments…
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15--New Releases of 8/2/24 including Smashing Pumpkins, Jack White, X, Killer Mike, Young Gravy, Kanye West and More
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 8/2/24 including Aghori Mhori Mei by The Smashing Pumpkins, No Name by Jack White, Smoke & Fiction by X, Michael & The Mighty Midnight Revival by Killer Mike, Vultures 2 by Kanye West and Friends, Serving Country by Young Gravy and more. Happy Listening!…
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14--New Releases of 07/26/24 (Red Clay Strays, American Aquarium, Crack Cloud and more!)
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases of 07/26/24 including Made By These Moments by Red Clay Strays, The Fear of Standing Still by American Aquarium, Vertigo by Wand, Red Mile by Crack Cloud and more! Happy listening, friends!By Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth
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13--Best Metal Releases of 2024 (so far) with Chris Ayers, and the New Releases of July 19, 2024
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies are joined by Chris Ayers for a discussion about the best metal releases of 2024, including ATRÆ BILIS, Thou, Hashtronaut, Ministry and Atrophy. Also covered are new releases by Charley Crockett, Dr. Dog, GUM and Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Beachwood Sparks, Childish Gambino and more. Happy listening!…
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12--Sturgill Simpson/Johnny Blue Skies, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Phish, Billy Strings, Eminem, Cigarettes After Sex, Travis, and Clairo
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This week, Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth are joined by Lauren Marlowe in a discussion about the new releases of July 12, 2024 including Passage Du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson), When I'm Called by Jake Xerxes Fussell, Evolve by Phish, Live Vol 1 by Billy Strings, The Death of Slim Shady by Eminem, X's by Cigarettes After Sex, L.A…
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11--Zach Bryan's The Great American Bar Scene, and a guest appearance by Abigail Worth
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss The Great American Bar Scene by Zach Bryan (with input by special guest Abigail Worth). Also, a Listmas in July round of "In or Out". Happy Listening!By Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth
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10--New Releases of 06/26/24 with Special Guests John Davis from Folk Implosion and Van Jefferies
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies are joined by special guests John Davis of Folk Implosion and Van Jefferies. Discussed are the new releases from 06/26/24 including Walk Thru Me by The Folk Implosion, Redd Kross by Redd Kross, South of Here by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Strut of Kings by Guided by Voices, LOOM by Imagin…
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09--New Releases from 6/21/24 including Pond, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Lake Street Dive and more...
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This week, hosts Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth discuss the new releases of June 21, 2024 including Stung! by Pond, Texicali by Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Good Together by Lake Street Dive, WeirdOs by O., Afraid of Tomorrow by The Mysterines, and Proxy Music by Linda Thompson. Happy listening!…
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08--New Releases from 06/14/24 including Hank, Pattie & the Current, The Decemberists, NxWorries, Mr. Sam & the People People, Cola and more...
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies are joined by Hank Smith, who discusses his new album with Hank, Pattie & the Current (Paper Lanterns). Also discussed: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again by The Decemberists, Why Lawd? by NxWorries, Again! Again! by Mr. Sam & the People People, The Gloss by Cola, The Art of the Lie by John Grant, …
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07--New Releases from 06/07/24 including Kelley Stoltz, Bloomsday, Strand of Oaks, Man Man, Joey Valance & Brae and more...
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This week, Reggie and Jason discuss the new releases from June 7th, 2024 including La Fleur by Kelley Stoltz, BRAT by Charlie xcx, Below the Waste by Goat Girl, NO HANDS by Joey Valence & Brae, EELS TIME! by Eels, Radiosoul by Alfie Templeman, Carrot On Strings by Man Man, TIMELESS by KAYTRANADA, Time by The Game, Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free …
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06--New Releases from 5/31/24 including Beak>, Habibi, Willie Nelson, Richard Thompson, Buffalo Tom, and more...
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This week, Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new albums released on 5/31/24 including >>>> by Beak>, Dreamachine by Habit, Ship to Shore by Richard Thompson, Jump Rope by Buffalo Tom, and The Border by Willie Nelson. Also discussed are Sylvan Esso, The Rolling Stones, Tyler Childers, TANGK by Idles, Where we've been, Where we go from her…
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05--New Releases from 5/24/24 and more including DIIV, Vince Staples, La Luz, Andrew Bird, Ryan Adams, Kanye West and more...
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This week, hosts Reggie Worth and Jason Jefferies discuss the new releases from 5/24/24 including Dark Times by Vince Staples, Frog In Boiling Water by DIIV, Sunday Morning Put-On by Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton and Ted Poor and News of the Universe by La Luz, and they also discuss the classic questions of the medium vs. the message and art vs. artist…
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04–New Releases from 5/17/24 including The Mavericks, Beth Gibbons, Shellac, Childish Gambino, Martha Spencer and more…
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This week, Reggie and Jason discuss Moon and Stars by The Mavericks, Lives Outgrown by Beth Gibbons, To All Trains by Shellac, Atavista by Childish Gambino, Out in La La Land by Martha Spencer, Dark Matter by Pearl Jam, Tigers Blood by Waxahatchee, A LA SALA by Khruangbin, I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy, and much more. Listmas!…
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03--New Releases from 5/10/24 including Ghostface Killah, Amen Dunes, Pokey LaFarge, Kings of Leon & more...
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This week, hosts Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth discuss the new albums released during the week of 5/10/24, including Set The Tone (Guns & Roses) by Ghostface Killah, Rhumba Country by Pokey LaFarge, Stampede: Vol. 1 by Orville Peck, Can We Please Have Fun by Kings of Leon, Cape Forestier by Angus & Julia Stone, Death Jokes by Amen Dunes and The …
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02--New Releases from 5/3/24 including Jessica Pratt, The Lemon Twigs and Kamasi Washington
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Episode 2 of The Listmas Podcast is upon us! This week, Jason and Reggie discuss Wall of Eyes by The Smile, Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee, Here in the Pitch by Jessica Pratt, A Dream is All We Know by The Lemon Twigs, and Fearless Movement by Kamasi Washington. Also discussed: poker, The Beach Boys, band dynamics, American Idol, the Kongs, and much …
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01--New Releases from 4/26/24 including Charley Crockett, St. Vincent and Justice
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Episode 1 of the Listmas Podcast hosted by Jason Jefferies and Reggie Worth is here! Listmas is a magical day that celebrates the best albums released in a calendar year. Discussed this episode is the concept of Listmas, what makes a great album, Final Summer by Cloud Nothings, People Who Aren't There Anymore by Future Islands, Blu Wav by Granddadd…
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The Psychology of Money, with Lucy Beresford and Robin Powell
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In this episode, Y TREE’s Harriet Johnston is joined by a psychotherapist and a financial journalist for a conversation about the relationship between money and psychology. Lucy Beresford is a broadcaster and psychotherapist, and former investment banker. Robin Powell is the founding editor of the Evidence Based Investor blog. Learned behaviours – …
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The True Meaning of Success, with Niall Mills
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What does it mean to be truly successful? In the latest episode of our series in which Y TREE speaks to the people we admire about what success means to them, Harriet Johnston is joined by Niall Mills, the Managing Partner of Igneo Infrastructure Partners, for a conversation that seeks to get to the heart of this age-old question. Drawing on Niall’…
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The Tools of Success, with Dave Evans and Dr Grace Lordan
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In this episode, Kamal Ahmed is joined by two bestselling authors: a life designer and a behavioural scientist to discuss the tools and insights that we can use to build happy and healthy lives. A mechanical engineer by training, Dave Evans teaches the overwhelmingly popular Designing Your Life courses at Stanford, and is the co-author of the New Y…
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Backing Women, with Sharmadean Reid and Debbie Wosskow
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In this episode, Y TREE’s Harriet Johnston is joined by two trailblazing women, Sharmadean Reid and Debbie Wosskow, for a conversation about their journeys as entrepreneurs and working mothers. What more needs to be done to support female entrepreneurs – and women more broadly – to ensure combining work and motherhood isn’t financially punitive? Wh…
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CIP 049. Expect the Unexpectable, Vigorously Guard Against the Negative Expectations Trap: How to Solve Albert Einstein’s Unsolvable Problems
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In 1939, George Dantzig, a humble graduate student at Berkeley in San Francisco, changed mathematics history when he showed up 10 minutes late for his final exam. Listen in as we travel back to Northern California in the midst of the Great Depression to discover the powerful role that expectations can play in transforming your career and your life.…
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The True Meaning of Success, with Adam Pacifico
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What does it mean to be truly successful? In this episode, Y TREE’s Head of Brand and Marketing is joined by former barrister, police officer, educator, and author Adam Pacifico for a conversation that seeks to get to the heart of this age-old question. Drawing on his learnings from talking to guests on his own podcast, ‘The Leadership Enigma’, Ada…
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CIP 048. Reframe Your Role, Take Whatever Title You Require: Walt Disney Heads to Hollywood in Pursuit of a Fantastic Dream
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Walt Disney’s ultimate, iconic success belies the years he struggled to make ends meet, often going without food to cover the bills. In this episode of Classic Influence, we travel back to Hollywood in the early 1920s to discover the ownership mindset, appetite for risk-taking, and bold actions that set people like Walt Disney apart from the pack. …
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The Risk-Takers, with Simon Reeve and Christina Lamb
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Not many of us can claim to have hunted with the Bushmen of the Kalahari; been detained for spying by the KGB; or smuggled ourselves over a border into an active war zone under the floorboards of an ambulance. Yet, for our latest guests on the Futureverse, this is all in a day’s work. The Sunday Times’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Christina Lamb, wh…
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On the face of it, Michael Welch OBE seems to have it all: he’s the President and CEO of America’s largest tire distributor, and he sold his previous business – Blackcircles – to Michelin for £50 million in 2015. But, Michael’s start in life was not straightforward. Adopted as a baby and stymied by dyslexia and dyscalculia, he ended up working in a…
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Financial Risk, with Nic Humphries and Johnnie Hampel
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In this episode, we are introducing a theme in the Futureverse – risk. Over the next few weeks, we will hear from an adventurer, a war correspondent, and an entrepreneur about their relationship with risk – in business, and in their lives more broadly. And, we begin with financial risk. What is financial risk? Why is it important to set a financial…
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Money Talks, with Oliver James and Diana Chambers
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In the UK, more than a third of us struggle to talk to anyone about money, with one in ten not even willing to discuss finances with their partner. Yet, opening up conversations about money, learning the tools and techniques for making these conversations productive, and understanding the pressure points around an individual’s financial situation c…
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Women and Finance, with Otegha Uwagba and Caroline Edwards
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Married couples often comprise a CFO spouse and a non-CFO spouse. That’s how the wealth management industry has historically approached things: one partner, more often than not, the man, is responsible for the family’s finances; the other, more often than not, the woman, is sidelined. As a result, women have traditionally felt unwelcome in the weal…
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The literal translation of amateur is ‘lover of’ so why is it a word so often steeped in derogatory overtones? Why, when we’re asked for our hobbies, are we inclined to diminish their status in our lives? Our hobbies make us human. From pottery, to geo-guessing; orienteering to stamp collecting; it is in these small, often quiet, building blocks of…
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So, you’ve decided you want to begin donating to charity. But how? In this episode, Kamal Ahmed speaks to Anna Josse, the CEO and Founder of Prism the Gift Fund, a registered charity which administers the giving of significant gifts to charities all over the world, and David Duke MBE, the Founder and CEO of Street Soccer Scotland and Street Soccer …
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Redefining Legacy: How to Be a Great Ancestor, with Rory Stewart
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What if the solution to solving extreme poverty was as simple as giving cash to those who need it? GiveDirectly, the fastest growing NGO founded this century, does just that. By allowing donors to send money directly to the world’s poorest, it has revolutionised the aid sector. In the last decade, GiveDirectly has delivered $580M+ to over 1.37 mill…
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Redefining Legacy: The Inheritance Debate
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Some of the richest people in the world have decided against bequeathing their fortunes to their children; from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to Daniel Craig and Michael Sheen. The proponents of this view offer many arguments, including the idea that inheriting huge wealth can detrimentally impact children, distorting anything they might do with t…
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Y TREE was founded in 2017 to give its clients insight and advice about money and life. They call this Financial Life Intelligence. At the heart of this idea sits a vision of a world where wealth is defined by how you live, not what you have. Y TREE unlocks value for its clients that goes beyond the financial. In doing so, it helps them to live mor…
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Undervalued: Is the Future of Art Female?
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Until very recently, female artists have occupied a tiny space of the art market, undervalued and ignored. There are no women in the top 0.03% of the auction market, where 41% of the profit is concentrated. Overall, 96.1% of artworks sold at auction are by male artists. The most expensive work sold by a woman artist at auction, Georgia O’Keeffe’s J…
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How do we define value? How has this changed over time? And who decides what is deemed valuable? For centuries, society has seen value mainly through an economic lens: one takes a job because of its monetary benefits; marriage is a financially beneficial relationship that enables stability; and the true test of a business is its profit at the end o…
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CIP 047. Put Your Name on the Building, Assume the Title and Position You Desire: Steven Spielberg Occupies the Universal Lot
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The American film director, producer, and screenwriter Steven Spielberg holds the distinction of being the most commercially successful director of all time. In 1963, when he was only seventeen, Steven Spielberg traveled to Hollywood to participate in a tour of Universal Studios. The bold action Spielberg took next both set him apart from the crowd…
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The future can look like a scary place. Climate change is upon us and we’re in the throes of huge technological change without a clear idea of where we will land. Added to which, we are constantly bombarded by news of the risks we face. But humans are creatures of collaboration and ingenuity. Sure, we might spend a lot of time focusing on external …
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The World Will Be a Better Place in 5, 50 and 500 Years
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We live in a time of greater uncertainty than ever before in human history. We are poised between the twin precipices of climate change and rapidly accelerating technological development. How we manage them will determine whether our future is one where humans will thrive, falter or something in between. Welcome to the Futureverse – brought to you …
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CIP 046. Discover and Destroy Limiting Beliefs: Martin Luther Triggers the Reformation, Forever Altering the Course of History and the Power of Leaders Around the World
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Martin Luther changed the course of human history in 1517 when he nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the All Saints’ Church. But Luther’s bold move and revolutionary stand was not without grave risks, including the distinct possibility of being burned alive. But what enabled such a humble, scholarly, and deeply religious Augustinian monk and theol…
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The future. It’s all there, in front of us. It could go wonderfully. Or it could go badly wrong. It will inevitably require our passions and our ingenuity. So how do we see the challenges early on, find solutions and help make the world a better place? For ourselves, for our families, for everyone. Welcome to The Futureverse, a new series brought t…
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CIP 045. Steel Yourself for Success: Harriet Tubman Takes Command, Leads Her People to the Promise Land
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Harriet Tubman was described by one bold abolitionist as “one of the bravest persons on this continent.” Another well-known “conductor” on the Underground Railroad said that Tubman “seemed wholly devoid of personal fear.” After years of daring missions into the lion’s den to help slaves escape, Tubman’s bold courage and skill as a tactician led her…
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CIP 044. Exploit the Hidden Power of Simplicity: Alexander the Great Fulfills the Prophecy of the Gordian Knot
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A brilliant military strategist and tactician, Alexander the Great stands as one of the greatest figures in history. Alexander was far from the typical military or political leader, however. He was a critical thinker who, like many of his leading Greek contemporaries, prized clear, rational thinking and concise, straightforward speech. Alexander di…
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CIP 043. Believe Absolutely to Inspire Absolute Belief: Joan of Arc Turns the Tide of the Hundred Years' War
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Joan of Arc’s story remains one of the most remarkable stories in the long history of military leadership. Consider this singular, striking distinction: “Since the writing of human history began, Joan of Arc is the only person, of either sex, who has ever held supreme command of the military forces of a nation at the age of seventeen” (Garlow). In …
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CIP 042. Win Lasting Influence, Listen for the Underlying Need: Mahatma Gandhi Builds the Bedrock of an Unbreakable Charismatic Bond
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After leaving for law school in London at age 18, when Mohandas K. Gandhi finally returned to India in 1915 he was 45. Despite his prolonged initial absence, the deeply spiritual Gandhi quickly rose to become one of the most influential figures in India's history. In fact, for a man who possessed little more than a loincloth and glasses to defeat w…
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CIP 041. Build Habits of Mastery and Self-Control: The Making and Unmaking of The Knights Templar, the Most Formidable Military Order of the Middle Ages
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On Christmas Day in 1119 A.D., countless prayers were finally answered when a French knight known as Hugh of Payns banded together with 8 other knights in a brotherhood of highly skilled religious warriors. The nine knights all took “vows of poverty, chastity and obedience” and pledged themselves to protect the Christian pilgrims who were traveling…
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