How to make better decisions and build a joyful career | Ada Chen Rekhi (Notejoy, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey)

Terrible outcome to wake up one day. And be sort of late career. And feel trapped. Because you have

a certain lifestyle or a certain expectation to the people around you that you have to go work this job. But then you look at yourself in the mirror and you're not happy going in there. I think that's a terrible trap that we should all try to avoid as we kind of navigate our career paths and find the thing that's sort of most optimal for us, which is Usually a mix of career success but also meaningfulness and sort of alignment in the work that we're doing with our values.

Mm- Welcome to Lenny's Podcast, where I interview world class product leaders and growth experts to learn from their hardwone experiences building and growing today's most successful products. Today my guest is Ada Chenreiki. Ada is an executive coach and also the co-founder of a product called Notejoy. In her coaching practice, she focuses on helping founders scale themselves. Before starting her company, she was senior vice president of marketing at SurveyMonkey. Before that, she started a contact management startup that was acquired by LinkedIn, where she ended up leading LinkedIn's marketing efforts for their growth team. Two fun facts about Ada. One, she started her current company with her husband, which we chat about whether that's a good idea or not. Also, her brother is Andrew Chen of A16Z Fame. In our conversation, Ada explains how to make better decisions with a framework she calls Curiosity Loops.

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