Molly Graham

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Constanza Gallardo is the executive producer for Pushkin.

Special thanks to Roxanne Heilash, Valentina Bohannini, Laini Lott, Tansika Sungmanivong, and Ashley Murphy.

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I'm Molly Graham.

Thanks for listening.

A lot of work advice sounds good in theory, but falls apart when you actually try to use it.

I'm on a mission to change that.

I'm Molly Graham, a company builder and the new host of Work Life, a podcast from TED.

I've spent my career inside fast-growing companies, and one thing I know for sure is that work is messy.

In this new season, I'm excited to share my conversations with founders, operators, and creatives about the real story behind their shiniest successes, the lessons that no one ever posts on LinkedIn.

Listen now on Work Life wherever you get your podcasts.

There was this little voice inside me that just kept saying, I wonder.

I wonder if I can be capable in this completely new environment.

So I took a risk and I took the job.

Not enough people talk about the emotional side of work and that so many people are experiencing the emotional human reaction to change.

And I think that's even more true today because there's so much going on.

And there's just not enough people out there saying, hey, this shit is hard and it's emotional.

There's a lot of pressure around what it takes to build a great career.

And it all comes back to this idea that you're supposed to know what you want to do.