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"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise!" These words of fatherly advice helped shape Ted Turner's remarkable life, but they only begin to explain the colorful, energetic, and unique style that has made Ted into one of the most amazing personalities of our time. Along the way...

"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise!" These words of fatherly advice helped shape Ted Turner's remarkable life, but they only begin to explain the colorful, energetic, and unique style that has made Ted into one of the most amazing personalities of our time. Along the way...

Hosted by Bill Burke, founder of The Optimism Institute, this weekly podcast will feature inspiring leaders, authors, researchers, and big thinkers who are taking on some of our world's toughest challenges with an infectious sense of optimism. Blue Sky takes its name from the meditation reminder that there's always blue sky above, sometimes you just have to get your head above the clouds to see it.

This project was created to profile quarterbacks--uniquely skilled athletes who play the most demanding position in sports--to find out what they possess above the shoulders that leads to their success on the field and after their career ends. What can be learned from these signal callers by anyone looking to reach maximum potential in all areas of their lives? You will learn the crucial concepts of responding to adversity, communication, processing large amounts of information at once, leadership, preparation and decision making, which all play a pivotal part in being a successful QB. But ...