How to Be Awesome at Your Job

864: How to Design a Career Portfolio that Beats Burnout, Navigates Disruption, and Future-Proofs Your Career with Christina Wallace

May 11, 2023

39:47

Episode guests

Christina Wallace

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Rest and Planned Downtime for Productivity

2min

The Value of Taking a Meaningful Sabatical

2min

The Benefits of a Portfolio Approach

2min

Different Types of Work

2min

How to Recharge Your Portfolio

2min

How to Surface Your Needs

2min

The Importance of Friction in Work

3min

How to Have a Creative Morning Productive Groove

4min

10.

The Portfolio Life

3min

11.

The Importance of a Portfolio in the Pandemic

4min

12.

How to Be Reflective When You're at Your Best and When You Are at Your Worst

3min

13.

The Importance of Controlling Your Calendar

2min

14.

How to Surround Cool Opportunities

2min

15.

How to Be an Innovator

2min

16.

The Importance of a Unique Need

3min

Christina Wallace discusses the benefits of having a diverse work portfolio that will help you weather any storm.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to diversify your work

2) How to lessen friction and hit your flow

3) The three questions that surface your hidden needs

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— ABOUT CHRISTINA —

Christina Wallace is a human Venn diagram with a career at the intersection of business, technology and the arts. A writer, podcaster, serial entrepreneur, and erstwhile theater producer, Christina spent a decade building businesses in New York City. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, an active startup mentor, and angel investor. Christina holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and theater studies from Emory University and an MBA from Harvard. In her free time she likes to sing in choirs, climb mountains, and run marathons (slowly). She lives in Cambridge with her husband and their two energetic children.

• Book: The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger than Your Business Card

• Instagram: Christina Wallace

• LinkedIn: Christina Wallace

• Website: PortfolioLife.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower by Morra Aarons-Mele

• Book: The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, Clayton Christensen

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