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Mar 2018
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Week 3 After Show- Escape, Narrative Vio...

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About this episode

Welcome to The Story After Show, Week 3! 

In this week's show, the host of The Story, Chad Grills, talks with Stephanie Postles (COO of The Mission) and Ian Faison (CCO of The Mission) where they highlight: 

  • the four BIG ideas/principles that come from the stories this week that feature Cheryl Strayed, Grace Hopper, Condoleezza Rice, and Amelia Earhart. 
  • Plus, they show you how to apply these big ideas to your own life 

As this week wraps up Season 1 of The Story, please be sure to let us know what you thought about the episodes on The Mission socials! We're already hard at work on Season 2 and Season 3. 

We hope you enjoy this After Show. Whether you work in: business, technology, a startup, or something completely different, it's our goal to create an after show that helps give you actionable ideas and tactics to apply to your own life to increase your health, wealth, and wisdom!  

Show Timestamps

  • 0:37 Cheryl Strayed
  • 7:50 Grace Hopper
  • 12:33 Condoleezza Rice
  • 18:22 Amelia Earhart
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