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Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

John Henry on finding joy in the hustle

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

LinkedIn

Business, Careers

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Entrepreneur John Henry joins Jessi Hempel for a candid conversation about the hustle and drive that has driven him from new project to new project throughout his career - from doorman to venture capitalist and beyond.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Jonathan Fields, tune into my podcast for conversations about the sweet spot between

0:06.9

work, meaning, and joy, and also listen to other people's questions about how to get

0:12.0

the most out of that thing we call work.

0:14.3

Check out Spark, wherever you enjoy podcasts.

0:19.5

From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jessie Hempel, and this is Hello Monday.

0:23.6

It's our show about the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us.

0:29.8

There are some people who like stability, who enjoy working on one thing for a long time.

0:35.6

And then there are people who start things.

0:38.2

It's in their nature.

0:39.6

No matter what they're doing, they're always thinking about something that doesn't exist

0:42.8

yet and should.

0:45.0

Today's guest is just such a guy.

0:47.7

Even in his first job as a doorman, he was thinking about how to upsell and prove things,

0:53.3

develop a side hustle.

0:55.4

I was always trying to innovate upon the experience of doorman-ing and in my boss at the time

1:00.7

was just like, bruh, can you just open the door?

1:04.4

That's John Henry, and no, he couldn't just open the door.

1:08.9

This has turned out to be one of his greatest skills, John's a hustler.

1:13.0

He's already sold a company, helps grow a venture capital firm, and hosted a show for

1:17.3

Weisland, aptly called Hustle.

1:20.4

Now he's helping build a new company, and he's only 28.

1:24.4

One is something important to teach us about taking risks.

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