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Which book reshaped how you think, and in what way?

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Wendy Kopp Founder of Teach For America; chief executive of Teach For All
The Fountainhead , I think, pretty much saved me in the initial years of Teach For America. I loved that book, but I’m not sure books were the seminal thing that guided my path. ... I think it was sort of about “the creator against the world,” and I was probably feeling at that point that I was up against lots of boulders, to pull off the big idea of Teach For America.
Recorded Academy of Achievement recorded interview, American Academy of Achievement, 17 September 2013 source ↗

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