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3 Takeaways brings you conversations with people who are changing the world.  The world’s foremost thinkers, business leaders, writers, politicians, scientists and other newsmakers share three key insights to help you understand the world in new ways that can benefit your life and career. In this special year-end episode, we present the most powerful and compelling takeaways of 2023. 

Can you guess which takeaway is from each guest before we tell you who it is? The guests include former Director of the CIA, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CEO of Chevron, former Foreign Minister of Israel and other amazing guests.

Top Takeaways of 2023 include excerpts from the following episodes: 

• Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar on Previously Unknown Reasons For The Stunning Success of Operation Warp Speed (#174)
• Former Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami on the Hamas Israel War (#171)
• Yale Professor Zoe Chance Reveals Smart, Simple Ways To Influence People To Get What You Want (#156)
• Chevron CEO Mike Wirth On The Race To Meet The World’s Energy Needs With Lower Carbon Solutions (#170)
• Innocence Project Head Christina Swarns on The Horrors Of Our Criminal Justice System And How To Improve It (#176)
• Former Ford and Boeing CEO Alan Mulally On Love By Design, The Secret Behind Two Remarkable Turnarounds (#152)
• A Chilling, Mind-Blowing Talk about War In The Age of AI With Pentagon Defense Expert Paul Scharre (#151)
• Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked With NYU’s Adam Alter (#150)
• Karl Rove Takes A Riveting No-Holds Barred Look At The Frightening State Of American Politics (#168)
• Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Bill Owens on Our Critical Need To See “The Other Side of The Story” (#157)
• Former CIA Director David Petraeus on The Russia Ukraine war (#128)
• The Complex and Bizarre World of Government-Imposed Racial Classification With Law Professor David Bernstein (#130)
• President and CEO Dan Weiss of NY’s Metropolitan Museum On Its Critical Role In Modern Life (#148)
• The Good Life Unpacked: Discovering What Makes Us Thrive with the Head of Harvard's 80-Year Study Robert Waldinger (#127)