How To Start (Even When You Don't Know Where You're Going)
Esther Perel
Jonathan
Jul 3, 202627 April 2026
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As work becomes the place we look for identity, stability, and meaning, the stakes feel higher than ever. Esther invites you in for a live conversation between friends, New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor and facilitator and author Priya Parker. A question echoes through the room: how do you start
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I'm often asked how I started my career. So, of course, when Jodie Cantor, author of How to Start, investigative journalist for The New York Times, asked me to join her and Priya Parker, author of The
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