My live book signing at Argent, hosted by Meggie Palmer
About this episode
Jess Ekstrom hosts a live book signing event in New York City, discussing ambition and personal growth with guest Meggie Palmer.
Have you ever hit the thing you were chasing — the milestone, the launch, the moment — and felt the goalpost immediately move? Have you ever wondered if ambition itself could be both the engine and the thief? This episode is a live one. Jess is in New York City at Argent's flagship store for the launch of her new book Making It Without Losing It — officially a USA Today bestseller — and she's in conversation with her longtime friend and founder of Pep Talk Her, Meggie Palmer . You're going to hear sirens. You're going to hear the room. You are, as Jess says, in there with them. And honestly? It makes this one of the most electric conversations in the feed. They dig into the dopamine science behind why we're never satisfied at the finish line (hint: your brain is getting the hit somewhere else entirely), what it really means to be ambitiously present, and why Jess signed up for stand-up comedy classes five months postpartum just to remind herself it was okay to be bad at things. The room also gets in on it — with questions from the audience about corporate life vs. entrepreneurship, raising kids who know how to fail, and the uncomfortable but necessary exercise of writing your own…
People in this episode
Host: Jess Ekstrom
Guest: Meggie Palmer
Topics covered
- ambition
- dopamine science
- entrepreneurship
- personal growth
- live events
- audience engagement
Keywords
- book signing
- ambition
- dopamine
- entrepreneurship
- audience questions
- personal development
- stand-up comedy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: USA Today, Argent, Pep Talk Her
Products: Making It Without Losing It
Places: New York City
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