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New Year's is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.

As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.

So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.

Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.

Hey, everyone, just a quick announcement before we start the show.

So a lot of you may know how much I miss seeing all of you at the live in-person shows that we do around the country during normal times.

So I am really excited to finally announce our first how I built this virtual event.

It's happening next month with Jay Shetty.

Jay is a best-selling author, former monk and wellness coach, and if you're searching for purpose, peace, and clarity in your life, or you're struggling to find meaning and motivation at work, you will not want to miss this conversation.

Please join us. It's happening on Thursday, March 11th, and anybody around the world can take part.

For more information and tickets, head to nprpresents.org, and I hope to see you there.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to how I built this resilience edition from NPR. I'm Guy Ross.

Each week, on Thursdays, we invite entrepreneurs and other business leaders to come out of the show live to talk about how they've been building resilience into their businesses this year.

And you can join us every Thursday at 9am Pacific, 12 Eastern, on how I built this Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn pages, or on NPR's YouTube page to hear the live conversation and maybe even ask a question.

And today, we're going to run one of our favorite episodes from the archives, Troy Carter, founder of Q&A, Music and Technology Company,

Troy grew up in West Philadelphia with no money, no connections, and he rose to become one of the most influential people in the music industry, and one of the kindest as well.

Troy has managed artists like Lady Gaga and John Legend, and he's also founded several of his own media and music companies.

We first met about three years ago on the podcast, and I talked to him most recently for our Resilience series last summer.

And for that conversation, we had planned to talk about how the pandemic had disrupted the music industry, and you'll hear we did.

But this was back in June at the height of the protest that were sweeping the country after the death of George Floyd.

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