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This former CEO donated his suits to the Salvation Army and now dons Hawaiian shirts to sing and host a TV show.
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Day 7: The insurance salesman had no literary credentials, but he knew how to use social media to become a bestselling author.
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Day 6: The psychiatrist delayed retirement to launch the Soldiers Project, a nationwide network that aids traumatized veterans returning home.
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Day 5: A 2,000-mile commute is no problem for this Oklahoma City mother of 11, who's working on her master's degree at Harvard.
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Day 4: Overweight and laid off, Gruno lost 40 pounds and launched a healthy raw-foods chip empire.
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Day 3: Late-blooming junior college teacher brings home a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur `Genius' award this year.
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Day 2: The rocker and his wife open a New Jersey restaurant where patrons can do volunteer work to pay for meals.
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Day 1: This year Nyad set a defiant example of how not to let age interfere with striving for your personal best.
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Honoring the game-changing, rule-bending innovators who raised the bar for the rest of us in 2011.
Careers
Project Accessory contestant and others show how they turned a passion for art into a creative business.
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Lynne Cox used the skills she learned as a champion marathon swimmer to persevere in the next chapter of her life, as an author.
Medicine
After battling Hodgkin's Disease, Joseph Roscoe became a researcher to help educate others diagnosed with cancer.
