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Brad Stulberg

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Brad Stulberg is the author of Master of Change, The Practice of Groundedness, and The Way of Excellence. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic, among many other publications. He is on faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

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