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Family and relationshipsArlie HochschildArlie Hochschild (1983 · UC Berkeley) — Work nobody counts. A sociologist who twice gave…Family and relationshipsC.S. LewisC.S. Lewis (1898–1963 · Oxford) — The notebooks after she died. A writer and professor at…Mind and feelingCarl JungCarl Jung (1875–1961 · Zurich) — The afternoon has its own programme. The founder of…Learning and growthCarol DweckCarol Dweck (2006 · Stanford) — Ability can grow. The Stanford psychologist behind the…Body and daily lifeChristina MaslachChristina Maslach (1946– · UC Berkeley) — Burnout is the job. Burnout became measurable…Family and relationshipsEsther PerelEsther Perel (1958– · Belgium and New York) — Flat isn't broken. Thirty years of couples…Learning and growthExcellent SheepExcellent Sheep (2014 · William Deresiewicz) — Can clear, can't choose. A critique of…Money and riskFan LiFan Li (Spring and Autumn · 536–448 BC) — When to go. The most successful exit in Chinese…Learning and growthGarry KasparovGarry Kasparov (1963– · Baku) — After losing to the machine. World chess champion for…Power and organisationHan FeiziHan Feizi (Warring States · 280–233 BC) — Law, method, position. The systematiser of…Family and relationshipsHarvard Study of Adult DevelopmentHarvard Study of Adult Development (1938–present · Harvard Medical School)…Mind and feelingHuinengHuineng (Tang · 638–713) — Already complete. An illiterate woodcutter from the far south…Strategy and competitionJohn BoydJohn Boyd (United States · 1927–1997) — Tempo. A US Air Force colonel known as…Mind and feelingJohn CacioppoJohn Cacioppo (1951–2018 · University of Chicago) — Loneliness is a signal. A founder of…Family and relationshipsJohn GottmanJohn Gottman (1994 · University of Washington) — Four fatal signals. A psychologist who…Body and daily lifeJohn RateyJohn Ratey (2008 · Harvard Medical School) — Move, then think. A professor of psychiatry…Learning and growthLev VygotskyLev Vygotsky (1934 · Soviet psychologist) — One notch higher. A Soviet psychologist who…Money and riskLi Ka-shingLi Ka-shing (Contemporary · 1928–) — Cycles. From a plastic flower workshop to a group…Family and relationshipsMaria MontessoriMaria Montessori (1907 · Casa dei Bambini, Rome) — The room, not the discipline. One of…Body and daily lifeMarie CurieMarie Curie (1867–1934 · Warsaw and Paris) — She took his course. Physicist and chemist…How the world worksMark GranovetterMark Granovetter (1973 · American Journal of Sociology) — Weak ties. A sociologist whose…How the world worksNorbert WienerNorbert Wiener (1894–1964 · United States) — He warned them first. The founder of…Learning and growthPu SonglingPu Songling (1640–1715 · Shandong) — The side thing won. At nineteen he came first in…Body and daily lifeRat ParkRat Park (1978 · Simon Fraser University) — Look at the cage. A set of experiments from…Body and daily lifeRobert SapolskyRobert Sapolsky (1994 · Stanford) — Stress is a mismatch. A neuroendocrinologist who…Mind and feelingSu ShiSu Shi (Northern Song · 1037–1101) — Unbowed. One of the great Chinese poets, and also a…Family and relationshipsThomas GordonThomas Gordon (1962 · Parent Effectiveness Training) — The I-message. A student of Carl…Mind and feelingWang YangmingWang Yangming (Ming · 1472–1529) — Knowing is doing. A philosopher who was also the most…Mind and feelingWinston ChurchillWinston Churchill (1874–1965 · Britain) — Ten years out, back at 65. Politician and…Mind and feelingZhuangziZhuangzi (Warring States · c. 369–286 BC) — Free and equal. The second peak of Daoism…