All right, this story is going to blow you away.

And if you're an enemy of this guy,

you have a really excellent chance of being blown away.

He's in the news, reviled by most around the world.

But what's the story behind Russia's powerful and villainous

leader? From poverty to being one of the richest people in the world, from

worshiping communism as a KGB officer to completely embracing democracy until it no longer served his purposes.

I'm Patty Steele.

Vladimir Putin, was his rise to power one of the greatest examples of gas lighting ever?

That's next on the backstory.

Something that makes me crazy is when people say, well, I had this career before,

but it was a waste.

And that's where the perspective shift comes,

that it's not a waste that everything you've done

has built you to where you are now.

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I sit down with inspiring women like Misty Copeland, Brooke Shields, Vanessa Hudgens, and so many more.

We dive into how these women made their pivot and their mindset shifts that happened as a result.

It's a podcast about women, their stories, and how their pivot became their success.

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