Hello, world, and happy holidays to you and yours from the Discover Your Talent podcast team.

Our gift to you this week is three encore interviews of some of the most popular shows from the last 12 months.

We hope you enjoy them, and we look forward to sharing the journeys of more fascinating guests

in the coming year.

Laura had no plans to start a school, much less to turn education on its head.

But as she looks back over the path to her calling, she has vivid memories of

a pre-dawn chat with her father on the morning she left for college. His advice, be curious,

has become a consistent thread in her heroine's journey. I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest,

Laura Sandifer. Welcome, Laura.

Hi, Dawn.

Laura, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

I absolutely am.

All righty. A few words about Laura.

Laura is a wife, mom, and co-founder of Acton Academy, a school that has sparked a worldwide awakening around education. Her newest book, Courage to Grow,

How Acton Academy Turns Learning Upside Down, Documents the journey her family took to pursue the big

questions around learning and how to unleash human potential. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Well, Laura, that's a summary of your life and career. Tell our listeners around the world what you're engaged in now that has you excited and motivated,

if you would, please.

Yes, I'm extremely excited today in particular because I just ordered about 160 tacos.

My word.

That's because there are 80 people from around the world coming here in two days to talk about their own

actin academies. These are new actin owners who have started up, taken the seeds of our school,

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