Nell Newman
"Follow your passion. Passion gives you the ability to truly experience the good times and get through the tough times because what you’re working toward is so important to you." Nell Newman is the president and co-founder of Newman’s Own Organics: The Second...
Kristin Neff
"Practice self-compassion. Be your own best, kind, compassionate, caring friend." Kristin Neff, Ph.D. received her doctorate in human development from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997 and is now an associate professor in human development at the...
Billie Myers
"You are the common denominator in your life, and you have to take responsibility for that." Billie Myers is an English singer/songwriter who has had numerous songs on the Billboard charts, including the transatlantic hit “Kiss the Rain.” Her debut album, Growing...
Kate Milliken
"Believe in the 'what-ifs.'" Kate Milliken is a film and television producer and the founder of Milligrace Productions, a company specializing in twelve-to-fifteen-minute personal documentaries that are equal parts This Is Your Life and A&E Biography. Milliken has...
Barry Manilow
"Your actions and words are always, always having an impact on another person—especially children." Barry Manilow is a world-renowned singer/songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, entertainer, and performer whose string of Billboard hit singles and...
Kathy and Bill Magee, M.D.
"Everyone can make a difference—no matter who you are, no matter how old you are, no matter where you are." Bill and Kathy Magee are the founders and CEO and president, respectively, of Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity whose network of global...
Annie Leonard
"We’re living like we have another planet to go to." Annie Leonard is the director of The Story of Stuff project. She is the author of the book of the same name, and the creator and host of the Internet film sensation that has been viewed by more than ten million...
John Lehman
"If you have a passion for something and do it with excellence, you will prosper. Money and career will follow." John Lehman is the chairman and founding partner of the investment banking firm J. F. Lehman and Company. He served as Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan...
Christopher Lee
"True faith supplies great strength for life and opens us to experience greater possibilities and miracles." Christopher Lee, twenty-five years old when we conducted his interview, is from Northamptonshire, England, and is a deacon in the Anglican Church of England....
Carol Lanning
"If you believe in a child, the child will succeed." Carol Lanning was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received her bachelor of science and her master’s degree in education at Southern Methodist University, and subsequently chose Dallas, Texas, as her home. (She still...