know that your value and your expertise as an investor will definitely change and that there needs to be

a letting go of the rigidity of how you see yourself where like oh i only you know look at x type of

market or x type of company or this is where my sweet spot is,

let all of that go and think from a first principles perspective of where it is that you want

to take your expertise. Like, don't let the past dictate where you're going to go in the future.

That was Liz Tran, author of AQ, a new kind of intelligence for a world that's always

changing. I'm Motleyful producer, Mac Greer. Motleyful contributor Rachel Warren recently

talked with Tran about that new kind of intelligence and about investing in a world that, yes, is always

changing.

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Motley Fool Conversations. I'm Motleyful analyst Rachel Warren,

and today I'm excited to welcome Liz Tran to the show. Liz is the founder of EnerGenius

and a leadership coach to CEOs and founders of some

of the world's fastest growing companies. She's worked with companies like Facebook, Instagram,

and the Ford Foundation, and her transformative work has been featured by publications

including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Today Show, Bloomberg, Entrepreneur, Fast Company,

and other publications.

She brings engaging interactive workshops to startups and Fortune 500 companies,

speaking to employees about how to avoid burnout, build unshakable confidence, and unleash their inner genius.

Liz is also an expert on unlocking employee potential in the modern workplace and redefining what it means to be an exceptional

leader. She is the author of The Karma of Success and the newly released book, AQ, A New Kind of

Intelligence for a World That's Always Changing. Liz, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me, Rachel.

So excited to speak with you today. And I want to start off the conversation by talking about your new book, AQ, a new kind of intelligence for a world that's always changing. Now, in your book and in conversations I've seen about it, you assert that IQ is the product of industrialization, EQ emerged from globalization. AQ, short for the agility quotient, is the intelligence born of

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