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Oct 6
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Does Family Really Have to Come First?

NYU Stern Professor Suzy Welch
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Suzy is obsessed with her grandchildren. Completely, unapologetically obsessed. But for most of her life, she didn't organize her decisions around family, and for a long time that came with a question a lot of people are afraid to ask: Does putting myself before my family make me a bad person?Becoming You is about figuring out what actually matters to you so ... Show More
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