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Taking a weekly look at what might go right, rather than focusing relentlessly on all that is going wrong.

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About Zachary Karabell

Zachary Karabell is an author, public speaker, lapsed academic, ex-financial services executive, occasional angel investor, distillery owner, wannabe gadfly, founder of the Progress Network, ambivalent Yankee fan, and lifelong New Yorker.

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