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HUFFINGTON POST – Aug 29 –

Q: What does your day look like?
A: There is no typical day in my life. Some days I have 10 meetings, and each is about a completely different part of the business. My first activity every day is crafting my calendar. John Wooden said, "Make every day your masterpiece," and that is brilliant advice.

Q: What are your work life balance goals?
A: I'm a big believer in the stoic philosophy of only being focused on the things that you control. I can't control whether people use eHarmony, but I can drive our staff to make our apps work better, match better, and be easier to use. To be truly effective in my role, I need to spend time with my children. I have to exercise and stay physically strong. Stephen Covey called it "sharpening the saw". If you're going to work every day with a dull saw, you're not doing anyone any good.

Q: How has your work life balance changed throughout the years?
A: I can remember in my 20's being in the grip of a terrible depression. I went to see a psychologist. I told her that my real passion was making music, and I just wanted an undemanding day-job to make money for expenses. She said, "This is why you're depressed." She told me that I had plenty of mental and physical energy to work an engaging job in the daytime and play music at night. It completely changed my life.

Q: Do you have any tips for balancing career, kids, and the marriage?
A: People like to say, "Marriage takes work." I think that's crazy. Marriage takes attention. My best advice for work and family is simple…When I'm at work. I'm at work. I don't chat with my wife or friends at work. But when work is over…I'm not working!

by Shari Medini
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HUFFINGTON POST – July 18 – Grant Langston took over the helm of eHarmony last year.

Q: How do you see the current state of the industry?
A: There is a kind of fatigue that sets in with swiping services. Lots of casual people pedaling around exchanging "Hey, What's Up?" texts. The number of actual dates is, often, pretty low. I think most people want to know that the app or service they're using is going to give them a better result than meeting someone in a bar. That's the premise for our business.

Q: What are some of the challenges?
A: eHarmony is a 17-year-old tech company and that alone is a challenge. Our communication platform was antiquated. We trashed it and built a new system that is faster and helps create more communication between people.

Q: What makes eHarmony different?
A: eHarmony is built on science. Looking forward, I think people are going to want to understand why they are being matched to someone. eHarmony is also leading the industry in background verification.

Q: You worked your way up the corporate ladder to become the CEO. Do you have any advice for executives hoping to follow in your footsteps at their respective organizations?
A: Every company and every CEO I know wants three things from employees…. energy, execution, and ideas. You want to be an excellent source of these.

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