I thought wanting to be successful was selfish. Starring on 'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' changed that.

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Jen Affleck
Jen Affleck shares how starring in "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" helped her.

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We've been together since we were 16. Now, at 67, caring for our grandkids is another way we bond.

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Rena and Denny Clare at 16 and 67.

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I'm a CMO who thinks AI has brought a long-overdue reckoning for top marketers. Here's how I'm adapting for the future.

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Teresa Barreira
Publicis Sapient CMO Teresa Barreira says the AI era is forcing 'a reckoning that is long overdue' for some top marketers.

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I tripled my salary and became a senior director at Uber in 6 years. Here's the 3-step strategy I used to break out of middle management.

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Madan Thangavelu.

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I work at Meta's Superintelligence Labs and used to be at OpenAI. Here's what the job is like — and what I've learned.

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Prakhar Agarwal
Prakhar Agarwal shares what life inside top AI labs is like and the lessons he's learned.

Prakhar Agarwal

We quit our jobs at 26, moved, and opened a whiskey distillery. I don't expect our kids to take it over.

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Lucy and Andy Rieger quit their jobs and moved to Kansas City to open a distillery.

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I started a small massage studio with my 401(k). Now it averages $1.2 million per location.

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Shane Evans started a massage business in her 30s; now it's a franchise with 120 locations.

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I planned a trip to the Middle East this week. I can't get refunds because it's not dangerous enough.

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Chelsea Hudson
Chelsea Hudson wasn't able to get a refund for her trip to Egypt despite violence erupting in the region after the US and Israel began striking Iran.

Chelsea Hudson

I'm the CEO of Klaviyo. I run on a 'creator-type' schedule and love Diet Coke and country music.

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Andrew Bialecki.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Bialecki, the 40-year-old CEO of Klaviyo, based in Boston. It's been edited for length and clarity.

I'm 73, still working, and walk 20,000 steps a day. I can do the splits — and I'm not slowing down.

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A Singaporean Chinese man in his 70s doing the splits while flexing his arms at a fitness corner in Singapore.
Victor Chan.

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