Today’s guest, Abby Falik, is an expert on the value of pausing during our busy lives. Abby has degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School, and she’s widely known as an innovative thinker, a higher education futurist, and an award-winning social entrepreneur. Abby was the founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year, which creates meaningful pre-college bridge years for high school grads. She explains why taking a purposeful gap year after high school can make a huge difference in a student’s leadership skills and ultimate success. She also describes some ideas related to leadership and learning that she will explore in her new role as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Emerson Collective, created by Laurene Powell Jobs. For more, see: abbyfalik.com