Zibby Owens has been called New York’s most powerful book-fluencer. How’d she do it? Zibby built a community and strong base of fans through her award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. Listen to Matt’s conversation with Zibby (33 minutes), covering stories that made Matt cry, the value of a Harvard MBA, having Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman as your dad, and much more.

On her own podcast, Zibby talks with authors to give her busy listeners the inside scoop and in 2019 Oprah Magazine listed her podcast as one of the “21 of the Best Book Podcasts to Listen to When You’re Not Reading.” Beyond her podcast, Zibby is a writer and published her first article, a personal essay for Seventeen magazine when she was in high school and has been writing ever since. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Parents, Real Simple, Redbook, Marie Claire, and many others.

One of our favorite profiles of Zibby is the recent piece (8 minutes) that aired on CBS This Morning.

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A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Zibby has a marketing and branding background. She currently lives in the New York area with her four children ages 5-12 and her husband, Kyle Owens.

*Zibby gives one of our favorite answers to the question Matt asks about the best example of “taking the long view” from her life. Check it out below or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Matt Hall shares a hugely important concept for dealing with hard times. It’s called “The Stockdale Paradox.” It’s an extreme example and is shared because it helped Admiral Jim Stockdale survive as a prisoner of war. Our bet is that the Stockdale Paradox will serve you well during this period of uncertainty and when facing future challenges. Hill Investment Group has used the principle idea from the Stockdale Paradox since the founding of the firm in 2005, and Matt has leaned on it both personally and professionally, including when dealing with cancer, and even when writing Odds On. (Listening time: 10 minutes)

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Returning guest Marilyn Wechter has 40 years of experience as a wealth counselor and therapist. She is the kind of person you want in your world when it is full of uncertainty and isolation. Sound familiar? Wechter and Matt Hall discuss how to face the current challenges and come out the other side of this experience changed for the better.

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