About this episode

Paul Ollinger discusses the relationship between money, happiness, work, and meaning after leaving Facebook.

Paul Ollinger was one of Facebook’s first 250 employees. At age 42, he walked out with a pocket full of cash in what most would consider an ideal situation, but what he found instead left him wondering what’s next while he explored the relationship between money, happiness, work, and meaning. In this episode, we discuss how wealth changes us, leaves us the same and why it even matters for the average middle class American as we explore the question. This episo...

People in this episode

Host: Meredith Hackwith Edwards

Guest: Paul Ollinger

Topics covered

• ambition
• happiness
• wealth
• work
• meaning
• middle class

Keywords

• ambition
• happiness
• wealth
• Facebook
• work
• meaning
• middle class

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Facebook

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