Jessi Hempel

2 weeks ago | jessiwrites.substack.com | Jessi Hempel |Anne Petersen

Briefly, in my senior year of high school, I had a serious NoDoz habit. You know, those 200 mg caffeine pills? It was college application season. I was practicing French horn for hours a day, preparing to audition for Massachusetts’ statewide orchestra. I was secretly gay, putting pressure on myself to conform. I found that if I just stopped sleeping, I could push myself so much harder.

Apr 29, 2024 | linkedin.com | Jessi Hempel

🔔 Introduce yourself in the Hello Monday Group on LinkedIn Are we ready for workers not to retire? I have this friend who is in her early 60s. I met her through my first big journalism job a couple decades ago, and she’s always been a mentor to me because she’s an engine of good ideas—and she’s generous with them. Last fall, she got to feeling pretty lousy in her job. She worked in media, and she had a fine gig. It paid enough, and the work was okay.

Nov 13, 2023 | linkedin.com | Jessi Hempel

🔊 Andrew McAfee explains how the most successful company leaders workTwo decades ago, I started writing about the people who grew to be lions in Silicon Valley. In fact I spent a good part of my early career writing about Facebook and Mark Zuckerburg. I think most people who knew Mark could say that he didn’t think like everyone else. Look at Facebook today, or rather Meta as it’s now called. It’s an $800 billion company and it’s still growing.

Oct 29, 2023 | linkedin.com | Jessi Hempel

Regular Hello Monday listeners: would you be willing to talk with me by phone for 20 minutes about the show? Email me at [email protected]. 🔊 Reinventing Your Career: Insights from Herminia IbarraI've got this really good friend, Erin, who always wanted to be a doctor. It was her plan for as long as I have known her, which is a really long time. She went to med school, and then she did her residency, and she spent years working as an ER doc.

Jul 9, 2023 | linkedin.com | Jessi Hempel