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makes people describe her as a “force

of nature.” She has a happy marriage,

two daughters she adores, and her own

consulting firm that she built from

scratch. She’s rightly proud of what

she’s accomplished in life.

But she hasn’t always felt so satisfied.

The year she graduated from high

school, she took a good look at herself

and didn’t like what she saw. Alison is

extremely bright, but you couldn’t see

that from her high school transcript.

She’d had her heart set on attending an

Ivy League school, and had thrown that

chance away.

And she knew why. She’d spent high

school socializing—Alison was involved

in practically every extracurricular

activity her school had to offer—and

that didn’t leave much time for academics.

Partly she blamed her parents,

who were so proud of their daughter’s

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