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Dr. Aaron Dinin
“I’ve spent 20 years watching brilliant students sabotage their futures because they were scared to be wrong. So I stopped designing classes that chase success and started designing ones that make failure survivable (and maybe even a little bit fun)." - Dr. Dinin
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“How Being an Entrepreneur Saved My Life.”
“I was a successful tech entrepreneur chasing the dream of building a billion-dollar company… until suddenly my biggest challenge wasn’t scaling a startup — it was getting out of bed in the morning without dying.” - Dr. Dinin
What We Know About Learning to Fail & Resilience
Dr. Dinin sits down with Dr. Becky Kennedy, clinical psychologist and founder of Good Inside, to explore how failure and resilience shape the next generation of college students. Recorded live at Duke University, their conversation highlights how parents can empower young adults to thrive by embracing setbacks as opportunities for growth.
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