I'm a Bank of America exec who once got passed over for a promotion. Here's what it taught me.

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Bernard Hampton, Bank of America
Bernard Hampton is head of The Academy at Bank of America.

Bank of America

I moved to San Francisco to work in AI. Living here requires sacrifices — I gave up normalcy to gain access.

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Ahmed Ahres says living in San Francisco makes him feel like anything is possible.

Ahmed Ahres

At 49, I quit my lucrative tech job in Texas for a quieter, happier life in Tuscany. I lost 42 pounds in the process.

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Angie Smith left the rat race in Texas for Tuscany in the fall of 2023.

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I'm the 83-year-old founder and chairman of a PE firm. Here's my daily routine that's reversing my biological age.

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Robert Rosenkranz.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Robert Rosenkranz, the 83-year-old chairman of Delphi Capital Management, about his daily routine. It's been edited for length and clarity.

We're young, in love, and sleep in separate bedrooms. It's made our romantic life even better.

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Katie Loftin and Phill Jackson

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I built an AI tool to mimic my work. It's helped create passive income from my solo business.

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Julia Starr
Julia Starr vibe coded an app using the platform Lovable.

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I read 'Never Eat Alone.' Here's how it helped me become a top voice on LinkedIn and grow my personal brand.

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Tina Nenshi Gada shares the lessons she learned from reading "Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferrazzi.

Tina Nenshi Gada

My parents opened a bowling center when I was an infant. Now, I'm a millionaire thanks to my professional bowling career.

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Jason Belmonte bowling
Jason Belmonte holds 32 professional bowling titles.

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I built an AI app with a tiny team. We scaled it to millions and sold it to MyFitnessPal in under 2 years — here's how.

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Jake Castillo cofounded Cal AI in 2024.

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I retired, then happily unretired. Now, at 82, I'm a pickleball coach.

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A man swinging his pickleball paddle.
Robert Warden is an 82-year-old pickleball coach in Utah.

Club Pickleball USA.

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