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  • You Have More Time Than You Think. Here's How to Use It.

    You Have More Time Than You Think. Here's How to Use It.
    2026/08/10
    Most of us are convinced we don't have enough time. Laura Vanderkam argues that we have enough time, we just aren’t using it with enough intention. This month, we're revisiting our series of episodes on time, and how we make the most of it. We’re starting here, with the bestselling author of numerous books on time management and the host of the daily four-minute podcast Before Breakfast. In this episode, Jessi and Laura discuss: Why 5 PM on Thursday is actually the exact midpoint of your week, and what that reveals about the time you're losing How Laura has tracked every half hour of her life since April 2015, and what nine years of data taught her The biggest time waster of all (it's not email or your phone) Effortful fun versus effortless fun, and why doing a little of the first before the second changes everything Why you should give yourself a bedtime, and how most adults are already getting more sleep than they think The case for moving for 10 minutes by 3 PM every day Why busy people need a hobby The Friday punch list: how batching your small tasks protects your best hours for the work that actually matters Follow Laura Vanderkam and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.
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    34 分
  • Why Baratunde Thurston Fired ChatGPT—and What he Learned

    Why Baratunde Thurston Fired ChatGPT—and What he Learned
    2026/08/03
    Baratunde Thurston fired ChatGPT. And ChatGPT helped him do it. This week, the Emmy-nominated storyteller, writer and host of Life with Machines joins Jessi in the studio to talk about what it actually means to have agency in a moment when we’re still figuring out the rules and norms of AI. In this episode, Jessi and Baratunde discuss: Why Baratunde fired ChatGPT and what the chat bot taught him on his way out What he means when he says we're not using a tool, we're entering a relationship The "direction, not perfection" principle for navigating an imperfect landscape of AI companies and choices Why switching platforms is itself a practice of agency, and proof that you can leave What AI tools reveal about you that you didn't know you were sharing The two people living inside every employee at an AI all-hands: the one on-program, and the one who's scared and skeptical What the kids opting out of AI are trying to tell us What the internet could look like if we treated it as a public utility instead of a commercial space Why token-maxing is a "flagrant foul" in an era of climate change What executives get wrong when rolling out AI, and the questions they should be asking their teams instead Follow Baratunde Thurston and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.
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    30 分
  • Busy But Not Productive? Daniel Pink on How to Fix It

    Busy But Not Productive? Daniel Pink on How to Fix It
    2026/07/27
    Daniel Pink is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author, a three-time Hello Monday guest, and one of the most trusted voices on motivation and performance. This week, he joins Jessi in the studio to talk about productivity and regret: how to actually get meaningful work done, how to protect your time and attention in an age of infinite distraction, and how to use the things you wish you'd done differently as a map for what you actually care about. Jessi and Dan discuss: Why productivity shouldn’t be measured in units of output, it should be measured in meaningfulness The MIT method: why Daniel writes his single most important task at the top of his to-do list before anything else How to design your environment for deep focus instead of trying to willpower your way there The to-don't list: how to treat the things that drain your time with the same seriousness as the things you need to do Why you probably overestimate how disappointed people will be when you say no, and how to say it cleanly The SNL rule for shipping work: "We don't go on because we're ready. We go on because it's 11:30." What to do when your boss keeps changing the priorities The Pomodoro technique: whether it still holds up, and Dan thanked its inventor in the acknowledgments of one of his books Why regret is one of the most misunderstood and underused emotions we have The four core regrets that show up across 26,000 people in 130 countries, and what they reveal about what we actually value This conversation was originally recorded live and broadcast to LinkedIn Premium members. Premium members can find the extended version here. Follow Daniel Pink and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.
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    27 分
  • Why a Break From Work Might Be the Best Career Move You'll Ever Make

    Why a Break From Work Might Be the Best Career Move You'll Ever Make
    2026/07/20
    Most of us approach a long break from work with some anxiety. Whether it’s a layoff, parental leave, or a season of caregiving, there’s tension around if and when we’ll return to work and how we’ll explain the gap on our résumé. DJ DiDonna, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and author of the new book Big Time Off, wants to change that. This week, he joins Jessi to make the case that stepping away from routine work — for whatever reason, for however long — is one of the most strategic things you can do for your career and your life. Jessi and DJ discuss: What a sabbatical actually is, and why two-thirds of them happen because of a negative catalyst, not a choice Why immediately job-searching after a layoff is like grocery shopping while hungry The difference between a vacation, a corporate "sabbatical," and the real thing, and why it takes six to eight weeks just to feel like yourself again What DJ calls "fertile emptiness," and why most of us never let ourselves get there How to use a sabbatical to run experiments on possible future versions of yourself The story of a CTO who went to Norway, built a text-to-speech app, and redesigned his entire relationship with work and money Why functional workaholism is the thing most of us are living with What AI has to do with the case for stepping back, and why learning from a place of fear versus curiosity makes all the difference How Jessi's own three-month hiatus from the workplace, during which she wrote a book and raised a newborn, turned out to be a sabbatical she didn't know she was taking How to start planning for a sabbatical five years from now, even if taking one today feels impossible Follow DJ DiDonna and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.
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    30 分
  • Dr. Becky’s Framework for Leading Through Hard Moments

    Dr. Becky’s Framework for Leading Through Hard Moments
    2026/07/13
    You can't lead a team through a hard moment if you can't manage yourself first. That's the core of Dr. Becky Kennedy's work. The clinical psychologist and founder of Good Inside built a global movement teaching parents how to navigate the hardest moments with their kids. It turns out those same skills are exactly what the modern workplace needs. This week, Dr. Becky joins Jessi in the studio to translate her parenting playbook for managers, leaders, and anyone who's ever had to deliver hard news, hold a line they didn't fully believe in, or hold it together when someone on their team fell apart. In this episode, Jessi and Dr. Becky discuss: Why conviction matters more than confidence, and how to tell if you actually have it before walking into a hard meeting The AVP method (acknowledge, validate, permit) for regulating your own emotions before they spill into the room Why self-regulation isn't a two-minute fix, and what Dr. Becky calls "the road to reactivity" How to separate behavior from identity when giving feedback, and why conflating the two is what makes hard conversations go wrong Why sturdiness is the key to managing a team through uncertainty and layoffs The sentence structure to use when you don't have all the answers but still need to show up as a leader Why empathy requires boundaries, and a tennis court visualization that keeps other people's feelings on their side of the net What anger is actually telling you, and how to use it productively instead of letting it drive the conversation Why Dr. Becky is skeptical of the feedback sandwich, and a feedback method to use instead A simple question managers can ask every week to make upward feedback feel safe and specific This conversation was originally recorded live and broadcast to LinkedIn Premium members. Premium members can watch the extended version here. Follow Dr. Becky Kennedy and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.
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    29 分
  • The FBI Hostage Negotiator's Guide to Getting What You Want at Work

    The FBI Hostage Negotiator's Guide to Getting What You Want at Work
    2026/07/06
    Most of us think of negotiation as something reserved for high-stakes boardrooms—or even hostage situations. But Christopher Voss, former FBI lead hostage negotiator and bestselling author of Never Split the Difference, says negotiation is everywhere: in salary talks, in team meetings, even in conversations with your kids. In this episode from the Hello Monday archives, Jessi Hempel sits down with Chris to explore how we can all become better negotiators by focusing on empathy, collaboration, and trust. Drawing on decades of experience, Chris shares practical tools you can use to move conversations forward—whether you’re asking for a raise, dealing with a difficult boss, or navigating conflict at home. Chris and Jessi discuss: Why negotiation is really about collaboration and long-term relationships How to shift from seeking control to building influence The power of labeling emotions to build trust and lower defenses Why “no” is often more powerful than “yes” How to recognize when a negotiation is over—or when it’s time to walk away Strategies to reframe salary conversations and show your value This episode was recorded live in-studio. For an extended, behind-the-scenes version, watch on LinkedIn Premium.
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    30 分
  • The AARP CEO's Playbook for Staying Competitive After 50

    The AARP CEO's Playbook for Staying Competitive After 50
    2026/06/29
    We tend to talk about AI and the future of work as a young person's game. Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, CEO of AARP, is here to challenge that notion. A physician turned healthcare executive turned nonprofit leader, she joins Jessi in the studio to talk about ageism, AI, and what it means to not just stay relevant, but to move ahead, in the second half of a working life. In this episode, Jessi and Dr. Minter-Jordan discuss: How the fifty-plus workforce is upskilling faster than other generations How to reframe experience as an asset in a job search, and why soft skills are having a moment The move Dr. Minter-Jordan made that surprised everyone: going back to business school in her thirties, while practicing medicine Why mentorship is one of the most powerful tools an older worker has for demonstrating value, and why stepping back from it is a mistake How Dr. Minter-Jordan got her current job as CEO of AARP What the trillion-dollar caregiving economy means for employers, and why the policies aren't keeping up How to approach AI without feeling overwhelmed: start small, stay consistent, and focus on what's relevant to your field Whether you should de-age your résumé How to be strategic about timing a career pivot, especially when you have real responsibilities What Dr. Minter-Jordan would tell a thirty-five-year-old building a career for the long arc This episode was originally recorded live and broadcast to LinkedIn Premium members. Premium members can watch the extended version here. Follow Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.
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    29 分
  • Why Nobody Feels Financially Secure Anymore

    Why Nobody Feels Financially Secure Anymore
    2026/06/22
    “It’s not your fault.” This is the message Alissa Quart has spent over a decade trying to get people to believe when it comes to economic hardship. Right now, it feels harder than ever to embrace. Alissa Quart is the executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, the nonprofit Barbara Ehrenreich built after writing her groundbreaking exposé Nickel and Dimed. A journalist herself, Alissa is the author of seven books, including Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America and Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream. She's spent over a decade reporting on class, caregiving, and economic precarity. In this episode, Jessi and Alissa discuss: Why "insecurity" is a more honest and unifying framework than "affordability," and how it builds solidarity across class lines The data behind it: 52% of US families are now financially insecure by one measure, and nearly half of workers lack confidence they could find a job they'd want "Apocalyptic insecurity": the new framework Alissa and economist Lynn Parramore developed to describe how employers use AI dread to manipulate workers The Frederick Taylor parallel: how AI is repeating the logic of scientific management, a century later "AI brain fry": the exhaustion of performing enthusiasm for AI at work while feeling something very different about it personally Why losing the narrative of generational progress is its own kind of psychological injury The AI dividend, universal basic income, and what a modern New Deal could look like Why naming the problem matters: how failing to recognize insecurity as systemic — rather than personal failure — can curdle into self-blame and even disordered coping What Alissa tells her own daughter about finding agency in an uncertain future Follow Alissa Quart and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.
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    28 分