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Welcome to the HBR idea cast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Allison Beard.

As the world begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, albeit and fits and starts,

a lot of us are thinking about what the new normal should look like. People laid off

from service jobs might be wondering whether to go back to them. Essential workers

who carried us through the crisis might be considering less stressful careers. Some of

those who went fully remote want to stick with it, others are keen to try hybrid.

It seems like a good opportunity to reflect and maybe reset. So even as we especially

managers focus on the logistics of getting businesses back up and running again, we

should also be using this time to rethink how and why we work. Our guests today, Emily

Esfahani Smith, did that a few years ago. She was working as a journalist but realized

that it wasn't leaving her completely fulfilled. So she began to study positive

psychology and is now getting her PhD. She wrote a book called The Power of Meaning,

which is about how to find true fulfillment in life, including work. And more recently,

she's been thinking about the culture of achievement and how COVID-19 might change

things. Emily, thanks so much for being on the show.

Thanks for having me, Allison.

So as I said, this is a big reset moment for many of us.

What are you hearing from people about how this crisis has changed the way they're

thinking about their work and their careers?

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