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Writing every day for ten years
Novelist Marcus Lee on routine, rejection and the 3,000-word mornings that produced four books and one very large drawer of drafts.
Marcus Lee — Novelist
3 episodes
Personal growth
Skills compound, and so do habits. These episodes explore how our guests learn, reflect and change — slowly, and usually in public.
Building a business around books
Grace Kim turned a reading habit into an independent bookshop, a subscription box and a community of 9,000 readers.
From the kitchen to code at 35
Former head chef Ravi Shah on teaching himself to program, landing his first engineering job and what restaurant kitchens taught him about software teams.
Starting from zero
Founders walk through the first scrappy year: the first customer, the first hire and the money they nearly ran out of.
Creators and the business of attention
Writers, YouTubers and newsletter builders on turning an audience into steady, independent income.
Leadership up close
How managers handle hard calls, team burnout and the conversations nobody trained them for.
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