The Next Big Idea 'The Next Big Idea Daily': How to Run Your Life Like a Startup
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Aug 18, 2025 Discover how happiness is the ultimate measure of success from a Harvard expert. Learn to manage your life like a startup, focusing on your personal and professional growth. Uncover strategies to navigate the tricky intersection of work and life, enhancing both self-awareness and communication to combat burnout. Explore the concept of integrating work and life for a more fulfilling experience, redefining success through meaningful relationships and continuous personal development.
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Life As A Startup
- Treat your life like a startup where you are the founder and CEO.
- This perspective reframes risk and priorities toward building love and happiness, not just wealth.
Prioritize Self-Management
- Manage yourself because you are the most important employee in your life.
- Use neuroscience and behavioral science tools to resolve burnout and unproductive patterns.
Careers Are Spirals
- Careers are ongoing operations of exploration, not just a 20s building phase.
- Many people progress in spirals of mini-careers lasting 7–12 years rather than a simple upward line.
