Working Hard Won't Make You Safe | Author Interview with Nataly Kogan

Brushwood Media Network · Jul 18, 2026 · 28m

When are you planning to be happy? After the launch, after the next hire, once the business can run without you? Thought so. Nataly Kogan is a former tech CEO + author of Happier Now. Written as an antidote to the work-till-you-drop culture that flattened her. We discuss how burnout has become a badge of belonging in some industries, how an immigrant childhood can create a perfect storm for overwork + the one thing Nataly would change about the book eight years on. And Nataly gives us two small practices to start today - one of which she initially thought was ridiculous. Look for more in the…