HeyJaredBeyond the Crucible
You are more than your failures and setbacks. We share stories of leaders who have moved beyond life’s most difficult moments to lead lives of significance, and insights on how you can do the same. Hosted by Warwick Fairfax.
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The Adviser Every Leader Needs (opens the original)
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The Adviser Every Leader Needs Queen Elizabeth I once said of one of her closest advisers. Lord Burghley, that “you will not be corrupted with any manner of gifts, and ... you will be faithful to the state.” Those are pretty strong words of endorsement, especially coming from a monarch. This week, in the latest episode of our series within the show, More Stories from the Book Crucible Leadership, Warwick unpacks why Elizabeth thought so highly of and relied so much on Burghley — and how he handl
Five Lessons for Getting Back to a Better Future (opens the original)
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Five Lessons for Getting Back to a Better Future Moving forward after a crucible with conviction, even when you're uncertain you'll be successful, is just one of five key truths for overcoming setback and failure we discuss today in our big-picture look at the lessons we learned from our recently completed summer series, BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA. We suggest you grab a pen and some paper so you can jot down each of the points we unpack, because when taken together t
BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA VIII The Martian (opens the original)
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BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA VIII The Martian The Red Planet may not wind up fearing astronaut Mark Watney's botanical expertise, but his science skills — and his creative ways of applying them to overcoming being stranded on Mars — impress NASA and a watching world when a mission crucible leaves him stuck there with little chance of getting back to earth ... or even surviving. This week, in the eighth and final episode of our special summer series BACK TO A BETTER FUT
BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA VII Star Trek: First Contact (opens the original)
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BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA VII Star Trek: First Contact Heroes versus villains. The latter looking to rule the galaxy, the former looking to save it. This week, in the seventh episode of our special summer series BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA, we look at STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, in which Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of the Starship Enterprise, must fight through the trauma of having been assimilated by the Borg as he leads his team to a lif
BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA VI Stars Wars Episode 4: A New Hope (opens the original)
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BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA VI Stars Wars Episode 4: A New Hope The names C3PO and Luke are familiar to anyone who's watched the Star Wars films but maybe not from the vantage point we discuss them here. This week, in the sixth episode of our special summer series BACK TO A BETTER FUTURE: THE CRUCIBLES OF SCI-FI CINEMA, we unpack the crucibles not only these two characters face in the film that kicked off the saga, STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE, we also look at the
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