5 entrepreneurship and leadership lessons from Doug Lebda, the cofounder and CEO of LendingTree

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Doug Lebda, LendingTree founder and CEO, has died.
Doug Lebda, LendingTree founder and CEO, has died.

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I'm a morning show contributor, and my husband is a firefighter. My daughter's grandparents make our nontraditional careers work.

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The author says help from her daughter's grandparents makes both her career and her husband's career possible.

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A 96-year-old doctor retired only 4 years ago. He credits his longevity to career passion, a low-fat diet, and his cat.

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Ira Eliasoph
Dr. Ira Eliasoph retired from ophthalmology in 2021, at age 92.

Ira Eliasoph

From hedge funds to banks: 3 execs reveal their go-to hiring question

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Rich Schimel, Sara Naison-Tarajano, and Michael Lehman
Rich Schimel, Sara Naison-Tarajano, and Michael Lehman

Citadel; Goldman Sachs; Premiere Wealth Partners

I think experiences are more important than possessions. I've designed my career so I can travel and see the world.

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Dani Smith aboard a sailboat off the coast of Croatia.
Travel experiences, like this excursion on a sailboat off the coat of Croatia, bring me so much happiness.

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What a 24-year-old analyst learned in his first year at $25 billion Balyasny

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Francesco Catanzariti, an analyst on Balyasny's macro trading team.
Francesco Catanzariti, an analyst on Balyasny's macro trading team in New York.

Balyasny Asset Management

A Microsoft engineer shares the strategy she used to get promoted 4 times in 5 years

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Ritvika Nagula, a software engineer at Microsoft, said her resume helped her land four job offers out of graduate school.

Ritvika Nagula

I used ChatGPT as my career coach for the week. It gave me some good advice, but couldn't handle my meltdown.

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ChatGPT gave me bland résumé and cover letter advice, but was more helpful for networking.

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Career lessons from Wall Street bosses overseeing $1 trillion

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We spoke with Lizzie Reed, a partner at Goldman Sachs, and Alisa Wood, a partner at KKR, about how they rose from interns to top executives and the advice they have for anyone looking to succeed in finance.

Marrying a surgery resident has redefined how I think about relationships. Support is picking up the slack without keeping score.

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The author and her husband in the snow.
The author's husband is a surgeon.

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