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What It's Like To Be...

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What It's Like To Be...

Dan Heath

Curiosity, Jobs, Careers, Business, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Human Interest

4.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Curious what it would be like to walk in someone else’s (work) shoes? Join New York Times bestselling author Dan Heath as he explores the world of work, one profession at a time, and interviews people who love what they do. What does a couples therapist think when a friend asks for relationship advice? What happens if a welder fails to wear safety glasses? What can get a stadium beer vendor fired? If you’ve ever met someone whose work you were curious about, and you had 100 nosy questions but...

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0:00.0

Have you ever met someone who had a job you were curious about and you had a hundred nosy

0:04.8

questions for them but were too polite to ask?

0:08.0

In this show, we'll ask those questions.

0:12.3

Like a mystery novelist.

0:14.2

Where do they get all their ideas for plot twists and turns?

0:17.7

We're always looking for unique murder methods, motives, and body disposal sites.

0:23.0

And do you ever wonder where people got the inspiration to do what they do?

0:26.6

And he looked at me and he said, so you really want to learn how to do this? I said, absolutely.

0:31.4

And that's all I did every day, I just welded.

0:35.3

And why do people do what they do? What lights them up about their work?

0:39.3

Here's a piano teacher talking about a little boy who had just started lessons.

0:44.3

And he said, I think I found my little happy place.

0:47.3

And I just thought, oh my gosh, you're so dear.

0:53.3

You're a little happy place.

0:55.7

Oh, may it always be so.

1:01.5

You're going to meet people you might never encounter otherwise.

1:05.8

A criminal defense attorney, a TV meteorologist, a dog trainer, a forensic accountant, a stadium beer vendor,

1:13.8

and every episode will profile somebody from a different profession and ask what it's like

1:18.9

to walk in their shoes, the highs.

1:21.5

Even right now, it just makes me glow inside.

1:24.3

The lows.

1:25.2

It kills my soul when someone says that.

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