Design Your Dream Life: Habits For Wealth, Work, & Relationships You Won't Hear Anywhere Else

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Jun 25, 2025

Raffi Grinberg, Co-Founder of the Constructive Dialogue Institute and author of 'How To Be A Grown Up', joins for a transformative chat. He shares powerful strategies for creating meaning in life and provides relationship tips that emphasize open communication. Discover innovative ways to improve your finances and navigate challenging conversations about politics with empathy. Raffi also discusses the importance of resilience in the face of rejection and offers fresh networking strategies to build genuine connections. This episode is a goldmine for personal growth!

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INSIGHT

Rethinking Life's Meaning

Meaning is not something to find but to realize or create through your actions.
Life inherently has meaning if you believe it does, making your actions purposeful.

ANECDOTE

Choosing Community Over Comfort

Raffi prioritized living next to lifelong best friends over his dream home or ideal neighborhood.
This intentional choice highlights community as a vital 'big rock' in life.

ADVICE

Edit Your Life's Autopilot

Identify which parts of your 'autopilot' life programming come from others and consciously choose what fits you.
Regularly revise your life's 'operating system' to align with your authentic values.

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I’m joined by Raffi Grinberg who is the Co-Founder of The Constructive Dialogue Institute (with Jonathan Haidt), an educator who created the wildly popular Adulting 101 course at Boston College, and an author who wrote How To Be A Grown Up, which was recommended by Oprah. We discuss juicy hacks on how to excel in life, in your career, in your relationships, with money, and so much more.

These tips and advice will change how you view yourself and the world in this super inspiring conversation. Raffi also shares the most comforting perspective I’ve heard if you’re feeling like the world today is getting more chaotic and scary.

In this episode, we get into:

Building a meaningful life
Relationship tips
An easy way to earn more money
Finding your best career
How to talk to people with different political views
Why you shouldn’t be afraid of AI
Networking hacks
Navigating a new dynamic with your parents
How to love rejection

For more from Raffi Grinberg, visit raffigrinberg.com. Check out Raffi Grinberg’s popular book, How to Be a Grown Up: The 14 Essential Skills You Didn’t Know You Needed (Until Just Now) .

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