Antonio García Martínez is an American New York Times Best Selling author and tech entrepreneur. He is a former product manager for Facebook, the CEO-founder of AdGrok and a former quantitative analyst for Goldman Sachs.

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Nir Eyal is an Israeli-born American author, lecturer and investor known for his bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.

Jake Knapp is the inventor of the Design Sprint and a New York Times bestselling author. He’s written two books, Sprint and Make Time, and has coached teams at places like Slack, LEGO, IDEO, and NASA on design strategy and time management.

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James Clear is a personal development keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits. His entertaining talks teach audiences about small habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement.

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Adam M. Grant is an American psychologist and author who is currently a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology. He received academic tenure aged 28, making him the youngest tenured professor at the Wharton School.

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Seth Godin is the author of 18 books. He's also the founder of the online workshops altMBA and The Marketing Seminar. Godin has founded several companies, including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. In 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame.

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Peter Thiel is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund. He was ranked No. 328 on the Forbes 400 in 2018, with a net worth of $2.5 billion.

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Broderick Stephen Harvey is an American comedian, businessman and entertainer. He hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Family Feud, Celebrity Family Feud, the Miss Universe competition and Fox's New Year's Eve. Harvey began his career as a comedian.

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Jason Zweig first started writing a personal finance column for The Wall Street Journal in 2008. Zweig also edited Benjamin Graham's The Intelligent Investor, which Warren Buffett said "by far the finest book about investing ever published." He's the author of Your Money and Your Brain, one of the first books to look at investing's biology, as well as The Devil's Financial Dictionary, a satirical lexicon of Wall Street jargon.

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Joshua Waitzkin is an American chess player, martial arts competitor, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film "Searching for Bobby Fischer" is based on his early life.

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Arianna Huffington is a Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman. She is the founder of The Huffington Post, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of fifteen books.

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Dr. David Sinclair, a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, is one of the most well-known researchers in the field of rejuvenation. David is Australian-born and released his bestselling book, 'Lifespan: Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have To', in 2019.

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Historically, there has been a great divide in the fields of psychology and organizational science.  However, in recent years as more research has developed, the field of organizational science has blazed new trails, shedding light on many important workplace issues including team dynamics, talent management strategies and effectiveness training for organizations. 

<p>&nbsp;Simon Oliver Sinek is a British-American author and motivational speaker. His first book, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action , was published in 2009; his most recent book, <a href="https://bestbooks.to/book/the-infinite-game_simon-sinek" target="_self">The Infinite Gam</a>e: The Pursuit of Happiness in Its Own Terms , was published in 2017. He has been featured as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, TEDx conferences, and at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit.</p>


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Guy Takeo Kawasaki is an American marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing their Macintosh computer line in 1984.

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Scott Belsky is an American entrepreneur, author and early-stage investor best known for co-creating the online portfolio platform, Behance, Inc.

The Messy Middle is the indispensable guide to navigating the volatility of new ventures and leading bold creative projects by Scott Belsky, bestselling author, entrepreneur, Chief Product Officer at Adobe, and product advisor to many of todays top start-ups. Creating something from nothing is an unpredictable journey.  The first mile births a new idea into existence, and the final mile is all about letting go.  We love talking about starts and finishes, even though the middle stretch is the most important and often the most ignored and misunderstood.  Broken into three sections with 100+ lessons, this no-nonsense book will help you:Endure the roller coaster of successes and failures by strengthening your resolve, embracing the long-game, and short-circuiting your reward system to get to the finish line. Optimize what’s working so you can improve the way you hire, better manage your team, and meet your customers’ needs. Finish strong and avoid the pitfalls many entrepreneurs make, so you can overcome resistance, exit gracefully, and continue onto your next creative endeavor with ease. With insightful interviews from today’s leading entrepreneurs, artists, writers, and executives, as well as Belsky’s own experience working with companies like Airbnb, Pinterest, Uber, and sweetgreen, The Messy Middle will outfit you to find your way through the hardest parts of any bold project or new venture

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