Bruce Feiler, best-selling author, TED celebrity, TV personality, and New York Times columnist, discusses navigating life transitions

BRUCE FEILER is one of America’s most thoughtful voices on contemporary life. He is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including LIFE IS IN THE TRANSITIONS,  THE SECRETS OF HAPPY FAMILIES, and COUNCIL OF DADS. His three TED Talks have been viewed more than four million times, and he teaches the TED Course HOW TO MASTER LIFE TRANSITIONS. His latest book, THE SEARCH: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World (May 2023), is a bold new roadmap for finding meaning and purpose at work. A longtime columnist at the New York Times, Bruce now writes the popular newsletter THE NONLINEAR LIFE. He has appeared in numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Gourmet, where he won three James Beard Awards. A former circus clown, he has been the subject of a Jay Leno joke and a JEOPARDY! question, and his face appears on a postage stamp in the Grenadines. Listen and learn...Bruce"s search for meaning in the face of setbacks and challengesHow to reconcile our complicated relationship with work and our personal search for meaningBruce"s "three lies and a truth about work"How to identify what brings you meaningThe four historical changes in the nature of workWhy it"s important to "ignore the lessons of your parents"The one thing we know about AI and the future of work References in this episode...Bill Davidow on AI and the Future of WorkDr. Meredith Broussard on AI and the Future of WorkLinda Rottenberg on AI and the Future of WorkHow soon before LLMs replace human comedians?