OZAN
VAROL
OZAN
VAROL
OZAN
VAROL
Hey, I'm Ozan
I'M A ROCKET SCIENTIST TURNED BESTSELLING AUTHOR.
I grew up in Istanbul in a family of no English speakers. At 17, I moved to the United States alone to study astrophysics at Cornell, where I joined the operations team for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers project that put two rovers on Mars. I graduated first in my class from law school, earned tenure as a law professor—and then walked away from all of it. Every career I've built, I've deliberately buried to make room for the next one.
The next chapter starts when you close this one.
Every major move I've made has started the same way—something that used to feel alive stopped feeling alive, and I followed the energy toward what was next.
I write, speak, and teach about the moments that define us: the leaps we almost don't take, the things we hold onto too long, and the breakthroughs that only happen when we stop performing CPR on the last version of ourselves.
My work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, TIME, BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, and Fast Company. I've delivered 100+ keynotes to organizations like Microsoft, Google X, Salesforce, Goldman Sachs, lululemon, Comcast, Verizon, the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Navy.
I’m the bestselling author of two books: Awaken Your Genius and Think Like a Rocket Scientist. My books have been translated into 25 foreign languages and selected as:
One of Inc.com’s “6 Business Books You Need to Read This Year"
(according to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant)
One of Amazon’s Top 20 business books of the year
Adam Grant’s # 1 pick of his top 20 leadership books of the year
One of 6 Groundbreaking Books of Spring 2020
(according to Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant)
I live near the ocean with my wife Kathy and our dogs Einstein and Sputnik. I surf poorly, make cocktails enthusiastically, and spent years exploring the cosmos above before realizing the more interesting one is within.
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THE STATUS QUO
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:
Ozan Varol is a true original.
— ADAM GRANT
New York Times bestselling author of Think Again
Ozan Varol's a brilliant mind, a warm and kind heart, and the exact type of spirit we need putting resilient vibes into the world right now.
— NEIL PASRICHA
New York Times bestselling author of Book of Awesome
Ozan Varol is like Nassim Taleb meets Daniel Kahneman.
— CLARA SHIH
CEO of Salesforce Service Cloud
