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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

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This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. In a football game, as in life, there are always going to be circumstances and events beyond your control. It took place about three weeks after my sniper partner, Clay Hunt, took his own life.

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Zen Under Fire: Big Vision Podcast Interview with Marianne Elliott

Have Fun - Do Good

Trained as a lawyer, Marianne helped develop human rights strategies for the governments of New Zealand and Timor-Leste, has worked as a Policy Advisor for Oxfam, and spent two years working in human rights in the Gaza Strip prior to her time in Afghanistan, where she served in the United Nations mission (2005-2007). Big Vision Podcast'

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Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliott, Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good

Have Fun - Do Good

We write and teach what we want to learn, at least, I do. She is currently writing a memoir about her life as a UN peacekeeper in Afghanistan. All I’ve ever wanted from my life was to do good. Tags: interview havefundogood guest. The first guest post is by Marianne Elliott.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

This is my second year as a "sister," which means that I pay $27 a month to support one woman for a year while she goes through a program to help her rebuild her life after war. I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast.