Bonus: What works for me - Rethinking criticism!

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We've got another bonus episode recorded in honor of the fourth anniversary of Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel. This episode features Jessi sharing the emotional experience of writing, releasing, and receiving reviews of her debut memoir and how she was helped through this by reflecting on her early Hello Monday conversation with celebrated actress Laura Linney. Jessi shares excerpts of their award-winning conversation on criticism and the tension between art and brand. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and check out her debut memoir. Laura Linney returns to Broadway this spring in David Auburn's Summer, 1976 at Manhattan Theater Club. Become part of the conversation: subscribe to the HelloMonday newsletter and join our community on LinkedIn.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ryan Roslansky, the CEO of LinkedIn. Listen to my new podcast, The Path.
0:05.0	Discover how today's greatest leader shaped their unique career paths and the lessons they learned along the way.
0:10.0	Tune in to new episodes weekly wherever you enjoy your podcasts.
0:16.0	LinkedIn News
0:23.0	Hey, it's Jesse and I'm bringing you another Thursday bonus episode.
0:27.0	One thing that I've learned from hosting this show that has really worked for me personally.
0:33.0	Now, if you've listened to the show for a while, you know that I published my first book last year.
0:39.0	It was a memoir about my family.
0:41.0	And you might also know that I had wanted to write and publish a book since I was in the third grade.
0:47.0	So it was really the culmination of a dream.
0:50.0	And here's the surprise.
0:52.0	It didn't feel at all like I thought it would feel.
0:55.0	It didn't feel great.
0:57.0	Don't get me wrong.
0:59.0	The writing part, those were the best hours of my life as a writer and selling the book unleashed this confidence in me.
1:06.0	It was like Harper Collins believed that I was a writer worthy of publication,
1:10.0	enough so that an editor was willing to take a bet on this book.
1:14.0	And so I believed it too.
1:16.0	The book published on October 4th, my son's fourth birthday, this golden birthday.
1:22.0	And for a week, I experienced this incredible high.
1:25.0	Al Roker interviewed me for the today show, time covered it.
1:29.0	We had events in New York City and some of you listeners even came to them.
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