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Janine Matho

Janine Matho

Janine Mathó — former Harvard and Pearson executive, author of "Live Your Opus," TEDx speaker, and founder & host of The LifeLong Leap podcast.

Oct 24, 2026

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5:23
Sure.
5:26
Yeah, but I can answer it.
5:31
So, you know, I was always your, I guess, typical overachiever in the sense that, you know, I always wanted more.
5:38
So more better grades, you know, better scores, better job, better pay, better everything.
5:44
And I always went for it.
5:47
And I, I think obviously like many of us in my generation raised to sort of follow that ladder.
5:52
So, you know, you get, get the one job and you do really well and you're expecting that next and the promotion, if you're not, you seek it.

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31:59
Yeah.
0:47
So how did all this happen, right? What was the path that led you to where we are today?
0:55
The path that led me to where we are today started at least six years ago when I had been working.
1:02
I was actually VP for thought leadership and corporate affairs at Pearson.
1:06
And we've gone through reorg after reorg.
1:08
I had some changes in the C-suite.
1:10
Things are getting more intense than usual.
1:12
And actually, I think I didn't have language, but I would say I was already at the beginning stages of burnout.
4:35
Give me a sense of I'd say the business side of this, but who is this written for? And what are you hoping changes either at the individual level, the team level, the org level as a result of embracing this idea?

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