I'm starting a Crush of the Week ‪#‎COTW‬ practice where I pick a new thought leader every week and study their philosophies during the week. I'll share bits and pieces of what I learn. I'm sure my list will change over time....I'll update it as I go. Here's my initial
list:

1. Howard Zinn
2. David Suzuki
3. Eckhart Tolle
4. Dalai Llama
5. Thomas Friedman
6. Stephen Greenblatt
7. John Gottman
8. Deepak Chopra
9. Marcus Buckingham
10. Gabby Bernstein
11. Gretchen Rubin
12. Ray Kurzweil
13. Michio Kaku
14. Stephen Covey
15. Stephen Hawking
16. Malcom Gladwell
17. Daniel Quinn
18. Desmond Tutu
19. Nelson Mandela
20. Pema Chodron
21. Helen Hayes
22. Neil Donald Walsche
23. Neil Degrasse Tyson
24. Carl Sagan
25. Hans Rosling
26. Plato
27. Steve Jobs
28. Brene Brown
29. Simon Sinek
30. Jane McGonigal
31. Elizabeth Gilbert
32. Dan Gilbert
33. Lao Tzu
34. Wayne Dyer
35. Ralp Waldo Emerson
36. Ghandi
37. Mother Teresa
38. Martin Luther King
39. Hilary Putnam
40. Derek Parfit
41. Thomas Nagel
42. John McDowell
43. David Chalmers
44. Marth Nussbaum
45. John Searle
46. Saul Kripke
47. Daniel Dennett
48. Jurgen Habermas
49. Maya Angelou
50. Mastin Kipp
51. Dacher Keltner
52. Noam Chosky
53. Lynne McTaggart