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New years is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.

As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.

So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.

Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.

Hey, just before we start the show, a bit of news.

So last year, after a year of doing live shows, we decided we wanted a deeper experience with you with our community.

So we decided to launch a full day how I built this summit.

And it was so amazing and fun that we're doing it again this year.

But this time, we're doing it over two days.

It's happening October 22nd to 23rd in San Francisco, with support from American Express.

And this year, we are doubling down on our main stage speakers.

You're going to be able to hear from and probably even meet some of the greatest living founders and entrepreneurs in the world, including Sarah Blakely of Spanx.

It's the two-word Butterfield of Slack, Kevin Sistram, and Mike Krieger of Instagram, Tyric Fareed of Edible Arrangements, David Neelamann of JetBlue, Troy Carter, who managed Lady Gaga, Marcia Kilgore of Bliss, Gen. Rubio of Away, and many others, including special surprises.

And on top of that, we'll have dozens of side sessions with experts and special guests on everything from the nuts and bolts of starting and scaling your business to ways of thinking in a more innovative and creative way.

The food is great, the coffee is great, the party is super fun. The how I built this summit is one of the best investments you can make in your own professional and personal development.

And most importantly, you will meet people who will become lifelong friends and contacts. So please join us in San Francisco October 22nd to 23rd at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to find out more and to get your tickets, including early bird pricing available for just a few more weeks, go to summit.npr.org.

When I got that $60,000 loan, within six months, I went back and asked them for 500.

And they said, here, here's 500,000 bucks.

No, they said no. Well, they didn't say no. They said no, not without equity. And we were like equity, equity and what? We've got nothing.

But in the moment, it's how I built this, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists and the stories behind the movements they built.

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