Casandra Brené Brown is an American academic and podcaster who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business in the University of Texas at Austin..

Born in 1986 and raised in Hamilton, Ohio, **James Clear** has transformed from a college baseball team captain at Denison University into one of America's most influential voices on personal development.

Born in 1987, **Ryan Holiday** transformed from a college dropout into one of America's most influential voices on ancient philosophy for modern living.

Born to Indian immigrant parents in 1982, Ramit Sethi has transformed from a Stanford-educated tech entrepreneur into one of America's most trusted voices on personal finance.

**Award-winning fitness journalist** Lou Schuler has spent over three decades transforming how people think about strength training and exercise.

During thirty-seven distinguished years as a Navy SEAL, Admiral William H. McRaven commanded at every level of special operations, culminating a military career that took him from the most dangerous missions around the globe to the highest echelons of national security leadership.