The Importance of Working for Others

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Sally Kohn: There's a piece of me that wants to just talk about when and why it might be valuable to work for other people for a while. And then I think the question of do you need to make your living doing the thing you like to spend your time doing necessarily? Or to what degree is that a necessary condition for happiness? She says she grew up as the child of an entrepreneur but was never really all that good of fit in a corporate environment. "I can totally relate to the idea of it was just clear to her that she wanted to be working for herself, not for somebody else," Kohn says.

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How do you know when it’s time to stop exploring, commit to one or two things, narrow your focus and build? Is that the right path for everyone? And, more importantly, whose voice is in your head when you are making the call?

These are some of the key topics we dive into today, as we explore a story and question submitted by SPARKED listener, Angie, a young entrepreneur struggling to find her ideal career. Angie left her nonprofit job a year ago to pursue freelancing. She has been experimenting with different freelance projects like copywriting, curriculum design, and social media management to see what she enjoys.

Angie says she loves the time and creative freedom of freelancing but feels she's "not living up to her potential." Which is something that a lot of us have felt over the course of our careers or during times of transition.

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