Episode 184: The Long Game

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

A lot of people are quitting their jobs at the moment. In the US, more than 12 million people left jobs voluntarily between July and September. They are fed up, burned out after months and months of pandemic working, and some are wondering, what am I doing this for anyway? Is this what I really want to do with my life? If not, what do I want to do instead?

In this show Dorie Clark helps us answer some of those questions, which all involve the need for long-term thinking. She talks about the ideas in her new book, The Long Game: how to be a long-term thinker in a short-term world. We discuss how to carve out time to think about the future, identifying what’s most meaningful to you, and casting off the expectation that you ‘find your passion' (too much pressure!)

We also meet consultant Tom Waterhouse, who had a long-term plan to have a family before it was too late. But realizing his dream meant infuriating his bosses.

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0:00.0	Better Help Online Therapy bought this 30 second ad to remind you right now, wherever you are, to unclench your jaw.
0:10.8	Relax your shoulders. Take a deep breath in and out.
0:20.3	Feels better, right?
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0:30.5	for 10% off your first month of therapy.
0:33.8	No pressure.
0:35.0	Just help.
0:35.9	But for now, just relax.
0:37.8	Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace, and success.
0:55.4	I'm Ashley Milne Tight.
1:01.0	This time, playing the long game in life and work.
1:08.2	It's a discovery mechanism, a discovery process, rather than saying, you must find the most meaningful thing you can do for mankind. Or you must find your passion that is solely your calling in the universe.
1:16.4	You know, that is so high stakes.
1:18.7	And I think it just messes with people's heads.
1:21.4	And what happens when your long-term plan for a more balanced life
1:25.9	means turning down a dream job.
1:28.8	It was just like a breakup call. It was just like I told him that I'd changed my mind and
1:34.2	he immediately started saying, what is it? What have I done? And then I've heard myself saying
1:39.1	it's not you, it's me. Long-term thinking in a short-term world. Coming up on the broad experience.
1:54.5	A lot of people are quitting their jobs right now.
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