Many of us live our lives based on some sort of achievement rubric that either we've created for ourselves or that we've internalized from the scripts that we've inherited from our families or the people around us. If you want to find meaning and things other than work you have to do something other than work. I think a few pieces of advice one would be to try and find a community that could care less about what you do for work a community that values you in other ways so for example I like to play pick up basketball but my value as a teammate has nothing to do with how many pages I've written or how many books I've sold.
#453: Today I chat with Simone Stolzoff, a consultant for organizations ranging from Google to the Surgeon General’s Office, and the author of "The Good Enough Job." He’s a graduate of Stanford and U. Penn.
Simone has spent a lot of time thinking about the role of work in our lives, and he's got some really interesting ideas about how we can see work as just one part of a happy and fulfilling life.
We'll be talking about what happens when work becomes more than just a job, how to challenge the idea that work has to be our calling or our dream, and how to build a more well-rounded life. If you’ve ever “over-identified” with your job, then you’ll find today’s conversation thought-provoking. Enjoy!
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