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How to Lead in 2018

Each of this issue’s cover subjects—Kate Hudson, Derek Jeter, Abby Wambach, and Emily Weiss—shared vital leadership advice at Fast Company’s Innovation Festival in New York.

When I was in my early twenties, a close relative of mine was murdered on the street by someone he didn’t know. It was a random act of violence that threw me into a spiral of sadness, fear, and negativity. I saw danger around every corner. The future was dark; the past was a fairy tale that had morphed into a cruel joke.

But the days passed, and I muddled through. At some point, when I got up in the morning and looked in the mirror, I saw hope again in the eyes that looked back at me. And I started the next phase of my life.

I am a believer in the power of optimism, the drive and creativity that possibility can engender. I

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