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Julie Zhuo

What Julie Zhuo thinks about motivation

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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. 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

  3. Our readingBoredom is a missing skill rather than a property of the situation: there is infinity in every direction, including a blank wall.

    Their wordsAnd so it's not really about the environment or the wall. It's really about how we see it and whether we can find the thing that is deep and rich and infinite in that direction.

    ↗From managing people to managing AI: The leadership skills everyone needs now | Julie Zhuoyoutube.com 21st of 22 in this recording