On average, most of us will spend one third of our lives at work. That’s a lot of time. But even though we spend so much of our lives at work, according to a 2022 happiness study over one third of Brits are unhappy in their job. Samantha Clarke is a work happiness consultant, author of Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work and resident lecturer and facilitator at The School of Life, Simon Sinek's platform and The Guardian who gives masterclasses on career potential, navigating transitions and change, managing stress and anxiety, finding confidence and purpose at work. During the conversation me and Samantha break down the traditional prescription around what a career needs to look like and tackle all the big questions facing someone navigating a career: how do you figure out what career path to choose, how do you know when it’s time to quit, how do you reinvent yourself in ease phase of your career, how do you negotiate emotional barriers to change, and most importantly, how do you design a career that you love. Timestamps:00:00 Intro 2:20 Overcoming the title trap3:47 Evolving understandings about work 08:53 Navigating emotional barriers to pursuing your dream career12:32 Exploring the hidden assumptions in coaching 17:13 Love It or Leave It: how to be happy at work 20:59 The 6 happiness pillars for work 23:35 How to assess your happiness at work 25:12 Can everyone find purpose in a job?28:32 The relationship between career purpose and money 35:20 Human Design Profiles42:17 Manifestation and affirmations 46:26 Decision making 51:09 The signs and symptoms of burnout 59:02 Following your passion vs finding your passion 01:07:28 Coaching Ali on company mission and happiness01:20:20 Takeaways 🔗 CONNECT WITH SAMANTHA 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/samanthaand_📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand💻 Website - https://samanthaand.co/👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthaclarke/📕 Love It or Leave It: How To Be Happy At Work - https://geni.us/dPkwD🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter👥 Linkedin💙  The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy