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Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

With your host, Pete McKitis.

Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 262 with Carter Cast.

I think you'll find this to be a powerful episode because Carter is laying out what makes

a career flourish versus derail. You'll learn one. Two questions to ask yourself

to pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses. Two, frequently occurring risk factors to watch

out for. And three, two critical things that put you in the 98th

percentile of your company performance so if you'd like to check out the show

notes of the transcripts or the links to items we've referenced it's on over at

all submit your job

dot com slash F 262 and while there I encourage you to check out some of our

great stuff such as the gold nugget email list which summarizes insights from

each guest right to your inbox. Now here's Carter's story.

Carter Cast is a clinical professor at the Kellogg School of Management.

Previously he's played a pivotal role in building numerous iconic consumer brands

including tostido scoops and The Sims. role in building numerous iconic consumer brands including

Toostido scoops and The Sims. He served as CEO of Walmart.com growing

it to become the third largest online retailer in the world. Carter is also a

venture partner for Pritzker Group Venture Capital

where he assesses potential investments and advises portfolio companies.

Here is Carter.

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