The Paradox of Pursuing Your Passions

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Simone Stolesoff: There are dangers that either extreme. If you're solely living by what the market values, you can find yourself on a ladder that you don't actually want to be on. And so I think the balance that we have to strike is holding those both in each hand. Tomorrow, he'll ask if you'd rather make more money at your job or get more time off.

Do you live to work or work to live? Journalist Simone Stolzoff tackles that age-old question with renewed energy in his book "The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work." All this week, he'll be chatting with host Michael Kovnat about how work came to play such an outsized role in our lives and what would happen if we stopped chasing the dream gig, gave up the idea of having a calling, and instead tried to find jobs that were simply good enough.