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May 11, 2021 56 mins

The world has placed a tremendous value on "getting to yes". This week's guest Akiba Covitz thinks we've missed the boat. Of course, we want people to say "yes" to us, but we've overlooked the importance of "no". From his Deanship at Harvard Law to being a founding VP at EdX and now the CEO of an online education platform, Foundry College, Akiba learned the importance of understanding what "no" really means, and he shares that, with lots of other insightful learnings and lessons.

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