Dan Schawbel asks Rick Riordan about pursuing a career as an author, how his son inspired the Percy Jackson book series, involvement with the movies and shows based on his material, new book, and his best career advice.

Episode 259: Rick Riordan

New York Times bestselling author Dan Schawbel distills the most actionable and tangible advice from a variety of world-class humans including entrepreneurs, authors, Olympians, politicians, billionaires, Nobel Prize winners, TED speakers, celebrities, astronauts and more.

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Dan Schawbel asks TV host and author, Tamron Hall about pursuing a career in media, interview style, crime fiction series, views on the criminal justice system, and her best career advice.

Episode 279: Tamron Hall

Dan Schawbel asks MSNBC host, Joy-Ann Reid about starting a career as a journalist, the role of journalism with social justice, her new book, what she’s learned from Myrlie Evers about the Civil War, and her best career advice.

Episode 278: Joy-Ann Reid

Dan Schawbel asks former UFC champion and Olympic wrestler, Dan Henderson about how his upbringing  shaped him as a fighter, inspirations, competing in the U.S. Olympics, proudest UFC fight, and his best career advice.

Episode 277: Dan Henderson

Dan Schawbel asks bestselling children’s fiction author, Kate DiCamillo about growing up with chronic pneumonia, receiving 473 rejection letters for her book, writing for children as an adult, The Puppets of Spelhorst, and her best career advice.

Episode 276: Kate DiCamillo

Dan Schawbel asks PAW Patrol and Bob the Builder mastermind, Keith Chapman about his early experience working at the Jim Henson Company, the business of intellectual property, how PAW Patrol became a billion-dollar empire, merchandizing, and his best career advice.

Episode 259: Rick Riordan

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