Lisa Congdon on starting over

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Lisa Congdon began her career as a visual artist when she was 39 years old. Prior to that, she had a whole separate career in education. In this episode from the Hello Monday archives, host Jessi Hempel talks to the artist and illustrator about what it’s like to be a late-bloomer, and gets Lisa’s advice on starting in a creative field. Follow Lisa Congdon on LinkedIn and explore her art here. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page each week for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jonathan Fields, tune in to my podcast for conversations about the sweet spot between
0:06.9	work, meaning, and joy, and also listen to other people's questions about how to get
0:12.0	the most out of that thing we call work.
0:14.2	Check out Spark, wherever you enjoy podcasts.
0:19.2	LinkedIn News
0:24.2	Hey, and happy holidays!
0:27.1	This is Jessie, coming at you this week with an episode from our archives.
0:32.0	This is a special one for me.
0:34.4	Our guest today, Lisa Kongden, she's an incredible and fabulous artist.
0:38.8	In fact, as I'm talking to you now, I really hope that Santa Claus brought me the print
0:44.0	I wanted of hers from his studio, slash her studio.
0:49.9	But I knew her a long time ago, long before she was an artist, when she actually worked
0:54.5	in education.
0:55.5	I'm so-to-die, we were in our 20s.
0:58.5	She hadn't even taken an art class by then, and the thing that I love about this episode
1:03.9	is the story of someone who got a late start and experiences incredible success.
1:10.2	You know, I think there's this myth that we should all know what we're doing, that we
1:13.7	should all be born with a passion.
1:16.7	Maybe it's more true that our passion's surface and recede over the course of our lives,
1:22.2	and it's our opportunity to see new things and to nurture those new things that brings
1:27.0	us fulfillment, excitement, and success throughout our lives.
1:30.8	At least that's what I'm hoping for.
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