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Why the Smartest Leaders Watch Their Words

October 19, 2025 · Business

I was finishing my PhD at Stanford—three kids, big dreams, too little sleep—and on the job market. As I was looking into the top management consulting firms, I…

Elementary School Kids Offer Encouraging Words — and a Pep Talk

November 14, 2022 · Health

Nov. 14, 2022 — When two art teachers in Healdsburg, CA, set out to create a hotline for anyone in their small wine country town in need of…