Workism and Identity

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Our identities are often quite wrapped up in our work careers. When that goes away, it's very hard to come back. But that struggle is also sort of the pathway. It's not necessarily fun, but it's helpful to know that first of all, everyone goes through it. And secondly, it is actually where the most important part gets done. Great work is being done in that middle period. We all go through it.

Joanne Lipman reveals her strategies for reinventing how you live, work, and lead.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How struggle makes you better.

2) Three tricks to make any transition easier.

3) How to take the most efficient brain breaks.

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— ABOUT JOANNE —

Joanne Lipman is a pioneering journalist and the author of the No. 1 bestseller THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID: What Men and Women Need to Know About Working Together and NEXT! The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work. She has served as Editor-in-Chief of USA Today, USA Today Network, Conde Nast Portfolio, and The Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Journal, leading those organizations to six Pulitzer Prizes. She is also an on-air CNBC contributor and Yale University journalism lecturer.

• Book: Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work

• Website: JoanneLipman.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

• Book: The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain by John Kounios and Mark Beeman

• Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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