Bozoma Saint John is no stranger to adversity, and when her husband Peter died of cancer, she made one big decision: to live life urgently.
In her book The Urgent Life, she shares the highs and lows from her personal life and what she learned from these tragedies to build a life worth living even in times of darkness and brokenness.
She offers a hopeful message about coping with loss and grief and how to live life to the fullest.
Bozoma Saint John is an American businesswoman who started her career at Spike Lee’s advertising agency and has gone on to work at Pepsi, Apple Music, Uber, Endeavor, and most recently was the global chief marketing officer at Netflix.
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This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation.
SPEAKERS
Bozoma Saint John
Author, The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival; Twitter @badassboz
In conversation with Gary Vaynerchuk
Entrepreneur; Chairman, VaynerX; CEO, VaynerMedia; Creator and CEO, VeeFriends; Twitter @garyvee
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on February 23rd, 2023 by the Commonwealth Club of California.
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