Ep. 647 : Mark Whitacre and the God of Second Chances

In the early 1990s, Mark Whitacre appeared to have everything a young corporate executive could want: an Ivy League doctorate, wealth, prestige and a rapidly rising career at Archer Daniels Midland. By age 32, he was president of ADM’s BioProducts division, and by 35 he was a corporate vice president and a candidate to become the company’s president.

Then his life unraveled.

On today’s extra episode, Warren Smith shares Whitacre’s story – and lessons we can all learn from it.

To read a transcript of this episode, and access resources mentioned by Warren, click here.

The producer for today’s program is Jeff McIntosh. Until next time, may God bless you.

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