Episode 320: Quitting Social Media, Prioritizing Connection over Consumption & Following Your Purpose With Isa Watson
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Isa Watson, founder and CEO of Squad, an app that takes you and your friends off of social media, and author of new book Life Beyond Likes, joins the podcast to discuss prioritizing connection over consumption and how we can all strive to live a more authentic life offline.
We also talk about the true timeline of switching careers, how being yourself has a big ROI and dating your friends.
In this episode, you'll learn more about:
- The traumatic event that changed the trajectory of Isa's life
- How Isa navigated away from her corporate career to tech entrepreneurship
- What building a network looks like offline, being intentional with your mentorships and connections, and the power of empathy
- Examining how we seek validation through others on social media and striking a balance between flexing for likes and living for yourself
- Prioritizing connection over consumption, the pros and cons social media has on society as a whole + more
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What we're seeing on social media is generally people's perfected highlight rules. |
| 0:06.3 | And where the toxicity comes in is that we are comparing our whole lives that are messy |
| 0:11.4 | that have these ups and downs and drags to someone's perfected highlight rule. |
| 0:16.2 | And so I don't mind me, I'll look at your thing, I'll be like, okay, just with the flex. |
| 0:20.6 | I don't mind that you flex because here's also, I know that you're human and I know that |
| 0:24.6 | you have a whole multitude of experiences that I don't know, right? |
| 0:29.0 | And so, and I'm not going to get caught up in comparing my messiness to your flex. |
| 0:33.4 | Team Minus 10 seconds. |
| 0:35.9 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast with your host, Jamila Sufranca, |
| 0:40.4 | as a money expert who rocks her top. |
| 0:43.0 | She helps braid juniors like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
| 0:50.2 | Join her on the Journey to Launch to Financial Freedom in five, four, three, two, one. |
| 0:59.0 | We journeyers, if you're looking for some business and career advice, consider listening |
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| 1:11.3 | It's hosted by Harvard professor Frances Frye and her wife, leadership coach Anne Morris. |
| 1:17.0 | On Fixable Anne and Frances talk to real listeners and give them honest, actionable advice |
| 1:22.6 | on how to quickly solve their most pressing workplace issues, everything from making ethical |
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