What Julie Zhuo thinks about ambition

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Co-founder of Sundial; former vice president of product design at Facebook; author of The Making of a Manager; writes The Looking Glass.

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1. 21 Sept 2025

   Our readingPeople are unhappy in their careers when the thing they want and the work it takes to get it are out of sync, not because they climbed the wrong ladder.

   happiness

   Their wordsI go back to usually when people are unhappy it's because these things are a little bit out of sync. Like they want this big thing, but they don't actually they're not actually excited about what it takes to do that thing and therefore it's just going to be a mismatch.

   ↗From managing people to managing AI: The leadership skills everyone needs now | Julie Zhuoyoutube.com 17th of 22 in this recording