I was laid off in my 60s and can't find a job after 11 months. I wish I could retire, but I can't afford it.

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Robin Daniel
Robin Peppers Daniels pivoted to substitute teaching after Wells Fargo laid her off.

Robin Daniel

I moved back in with my parents at 30 and am still here 10 years later. I used to feel embarrassed but now I see it as a privilege.

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Diana Choi.

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I've led teams in 5 different countries. A lesson I've learned again and again: The color of your clothes matters.

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Liz Weselby.
Liz Weselby said she's learnt the power of the color of clothes after years of working in different cities.

Liz Weselby

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.

Publicis Sapient

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 standing by their distillery, J. Rieger & Co.
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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