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Worklife with Adam Grant

ReThinking: What motivates great Americans with Ron Chernow

Jul 8, 2025 · 35:46
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  • Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow identifies outsized accomplishments through studying ambition, resilience, and overcoming adversity
  • Historical figures like Mark Twain and Alexander Hamilton reveal patterns of how personal struggle fuels creative and political achievement
  • New insights about historical figures come from examining primary sources, personal correspondence, and the human complexity beneath public legend

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Ron Chernow
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