In a Crisis An Opportunity For A More Meaningful Life
b'Sheltering in place during the Covid-19 pandemic, my coffees with current and ex-students (entrepreneurs, as well as employees early in their careers) have gone virtual. Pre-pandemic these coffees were usually about what startup to join or how to find product/market fit. Though in the last month, even through Zoom I could sense they were struggling with a much weightier problem. The common theme in these calls were that many of them were finding this crisis to be an existential wakeup call. \\u201cMy job feels pretty meaningless in the big picture of what matters. I\\u2019m thinking about what happens when I can go back to work. I\\u2019m no longer sure my current career path is what I want to do. How do I figure it out?\\u201d\\n\\nHere\\u2019s what I\\u2019ve told them.'