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Stacey Abrams: meet the powerhouse who could be the next US president

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In Georgia Stacey Abrams' name is used as a verb for "getting things done". (Picture: Magazine Features)
In Georgia Stacey Abrams' name is used as a verb for "getting things done". (Picture: Magazine Features)

She was only 18 and it felt like her world had been kicked out from under her. Stacey Abrams was getting her first taste of heartache: her boyfriend, Chad, told her he no longer wanted to go out with her.

But rather than wallowing in a pity fest, Stacey did something that helped put the break-up into perspective. She headed over to her college computer lab and spent the evening painstakingly mapping out the next 40 years of her life.

She put it all on a spreadsheet, all the things she planned to achieve without him – from studying law to making her mark in the world of politics and writing bestselling novels.

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