514: Too Many Graduate Students, Too Few Jobs.

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Anna Cragin was halfway to her Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, with visions of pursuing two great loves—teaching and figuring things out. Then, reality set in. Far too many graduate students were chasing far too few jobs. Anna faced the pivot point of her life. Now, as the Productivity Advisor at Freeficiency, she is teaching online entrepreneurs how to improve mindset, reduce anxiety, and design their ideal life through effective time management. She applies her research to design ways to work with and around our brains to reach our goals in business and in life.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.7	Welcome to discover your talent to do what you love, number 514.
0:16.9	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:19.3	Every day, I interview someone from around the world
0:22.2	who has discovered her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction,
0:28.9	and freedom. We created this podcast to provide you with the insights, strategies, and tools
0:35.2	to propel your career to the next level. Halfway to her Ph.D.
0:40.9	in cognitive neuroscience, Anna saw herself becoming a tenured track professor, following her two
0:47.2	great loves, teaching and figuring things out. Then reality set in. Far too many graduate students
0:53.4	were chasing far too few jobs.
0:56.2	Figuring things out took on our new meaning as she faced a pivot point in her life.
1:00.7	I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Anna Kregan. Welcome, Anna.
1:05.1	Hi, Dawn. Great to be here. Thank you. Anna, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
1:10.5	Every day. Okay. Well, we want to hear the whole story. Anna, are you using your talents doing work that you love? Every day.
1:11.8	Okay. Well, we want to hear the whole story.
1:14.6	Anna Craigon is the productivity advisor at free efficiency.
1:18.6	She teaches online entrepreneurs how to improve mindset, reduce anxiety, and design their ideal life through effective time management. She has a PhD in
1:29.0	cognitive neuroscience, and she applies brain and behavior research to design ways to work with
1:35.4	and around our brains to reach our goals in business and in life. Anna, that's a summary of your
1:40.5	career. Tell our listeners around the world what you're engaged in now that has you excited
1:44.1	and motivated, if you were, please.
1:45.9	Sure, yeah. So every Sunday I do a live show on Facebook. So live video is kind of this new
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