What Makes a Good Job, part 1, featuring Bruce Feiler

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Once upon a time, many kids in the American middle class were told the same story: Go to the best college possible. Study hard, then do what you love. That is your (linear) path to a good job, and from there to meaning and success. But that path seems ill-equipped to survive our current reality of burnout, inflation, and layoffs. So what do we do now? The idea that it's time to divorce pay from meaning is going mainstream. More of us are less willing to sacrifice everything to the grind. Instead, we’re redefining the idea of work. So over the next three weeks, Hello Monday is taking a look at what makes a good job today. To kick things off, Jessi sits down with author and researcher Bruce Feiler. His latest book, The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World, offers a new framework for writing your personal story of work satisfaction and success. Follow Bruce Feiler on LinkedIn, and check out his new book, THE SEARCH. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET. Join our LinkedIn group for Hello Monday listeners and continue this week’s conversation here: https://lnkd.in/hellomondaygroup

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Kwame Christian, CEO of the American Negotiation Institute, and I have a quick question
0:07.1	for you.
0:08.1	When was the last time you had a difficult conversation?
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0:15.2	negotiate anything, the number one negotiation podcast in the world.
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0:24.6	both at work and at home.
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0:33.9	LinkedIn News
0:39.4	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel, and this is Hello Monday.
0:43.6	It's our show about the changing nature of work, and how that work is changing us.
0:50.6	I was raised on the dream of the American middle class.
0:54.2	Go to school, go to the very best college you can, and you'll be able to pick your career.
1:00.3	Now inherent in this is my parent's dream for me.
1:03.9	They're advice to me.
1:05.6	Do what you love.
1:07.2	You hear that?
1:09.2	I mean, like, really do you hear what's beneath it?
1:12.4	You should love what you do.
1:14.1	A good job leads to a career, and you should find meaning from it.
1:19.5	Tie identity to it.
1:21.5	Who are you?
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