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

Now before we get started this week, I have an invitation for you.

I hope a lot of y'all have had a chance to check out my name memoir.

Regular listeners here know, don't roll your eyes as I announce the title again, it's called The Family Outing.

It's from HarperCollins and time has just called it one of its 100 Mustreads of the Year.

And that's so cool, but the thing that I like most is actually not being on some list

or being covered in some magazine article, but just talking to people who have read the book.

So in January, I'm going to hold a book club meeting just for Hello Monday listeners.

Anyone who's read the book or who is thinking of reading the book and who wants to zoom in and chat about it.

So if that's you, email us at Hello Monday at LinkedIn.com and I'll send you all the information.

Again, consider this your invitation.

Okay, now on to the show.

It's our last new episode of the year and I'm starting today with an exercise.

So take out a clean sheet of paper or pull up the notes app on your phone.

Don't think about it too much, just set a timer for two minutes.

Now answer this one question.

What is your purpose?

Now if that feels like too broad of a question, here's a definition.

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