{"id":1230,"date":"2015-06-27T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T13:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2015-06-27T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T13:24:54","slug":"your-personal-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylessonslearned.co\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Your Personal Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was part of a panel when someone brought this up. And then I saw it on one of my favorite blogs &#8211; Sallie Krawcheck&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/thecut\/2015\/06\/sallie-krawcheck-says-get-a-board-of-directors.html\">article<\/a> about having a personal board of directors.\u00a0 I like the idea of a personal board of directors, because it\u00a0gives you a way of thinking about how\u00a0different people in your life play a role in your decision making.\u00a0 So who would make a great personal board of director? 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