Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's Twice Weekly podcast on leadership with Scott Miller.

That's me. I'm your host, Twice Weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays, where I've had the privilege now for nearly seven years

and almost 500 episodes to have conversations

with many of the most influential people of our lifetime.

They often join as entrepreneurs,

solopreneurs, CEOs, leaders at all levels, scientists, academics, artists,

philanthropist, people that have done something remarkable in many cases discovered something

along the way that can help each of you become a better leader. This podcast, of course, is

sponsored by the Franklin Covey Company, known as the world's most trusted leadership firm,

founded in part by Stephen Covey, the author of the seminal book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

Our guest today is Melinda French Gates. You, of course, know her as a renowned philanthropist

and an investor in people and solutions

through of course the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Her new book is out called The Next Day,

the tagline is Transitions, you've had a few,

change in moving forward.

Melinda French Gates, welcome to On Leadership.

Thanks for having me, Scott.

Great to have you here, Melinda. I don't know that you need an introduction beyond what I have done. Of course, everyone knows you and the philanthropy that you and your former husband and Warren

Buffett and others have put together to have remarkable impact on humanity, where you have helped people and their

families and their life-saving vaccinations and work is well documented. I'd love to have a start

and say, you've spent the last 30-plus years very much in the public eye. Can you update our

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