It's the 10% Happier Podcast.

I'm Dan Harris.

Yo, how are we doing, everybody?

Today we're going to talk about one of my favorite subjects, something I think about, slash obsess about, all the time pretty much, how to succeed at work

without driving yourself crazy, without succumbing to what is sometimes called hustle culture.

My guest is Jordan Harbinger, who has thought very deeply about this issue for many years,

and he has really walked the walk.

He left a Wall Street career as a lawyer, took a huge risk going into podcasting back when

the industry was in its infancy.

Now his show, the Jordan Harbinger show, is a big hit, and Jordan and I have become friends.

I really like him.

In this conversation, we talk about how to engage in networking without being gross. He has a lot of interesting techniques here, including something called Gmail roulette. He also has a cardinal

rule of networking that I found compelling. We also talk about the ripple effect of generosity,

how to ask for a raise, the strategic value

of asking for advice, how to deal with bad bosses, how to persuade and negotiate, and the

many, many problems in his view of hustle culture.

This is part of an occasional series we do here on the podcast called Sainly Ambitious.

We've got three sanely ambitious episodes this week. If you missed it,

check out Sue Ashford on Monday. She's a researcher who talks about how we can get systematic about

growing, failing, and taking risks. And coming up on Friday, it's another podcast through Jonathan Fields.

We'll get started with Jordan Harbinger right after this.

Before we get started, I just want to make sure you know about all the cool stuff we've got

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