The Importance of Having a Life Outside of Work, with Simone Stolzoff

Afford Anything

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today I chat with Simone Stolzoff, a consultant for organizations ranging from Google to the Surgeon General’s Office, and the author of "The Good Enough Job." He’s a graduate of Stanford and U. Penn. Simone has spent a lot of time thinking about the role of work in our lives, and he's got some really interesting ideas about how we can see work as just one part of a happy and fulfilling life. We'll be talking about what happens when work becomes more than just a job, how to challenge the idea that work has to be our calling or our dream, and how to build a more well-rounded life. If you’ve ever “over-identified” with your job, then you’ll find today’s conversation thought-provoking. Enjoy! For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode453 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay.
0:01.0	You know how sometimes you go to a party and the first question people ask you is, so what
0:05.2	do you do?
0:06.2	It's this incredibly lazy and boring icebreaker, which inevitably leads to standing around
0:13.0	a plate of hors d'oeuvres talking about work, which is the most boring thing you could possibly
0:19.0	do at a party and very unmemorable.
0:21.4	Please don't do that.
0:22.8	But the fact that that is such a de facto icebreaker is emblematic of the fact that we
0:28.7	often can over-identify with work.
0:31.9	Today's guest, Simone Stoltzoff, has extensively studied the role of work in our lives, and
0:39.9	we have a conversation around how to refrain from over-identifying with your job.
0:46.9	Simone is a Stanford N. Penn graduate who works as a consultant for major organizations
0:53.2	ranging from Google to the Surgeon General on the topic of more gratifying workplaces.
1:00.5	He's also written for publications ranging from Wired to the Atlantic, and is the author
1:06.6	of the book The Good Enough Job.
1:09.0	Here he is.
1:10.0	Hi, Simone.
1:12.0	Hi, Paula.
1:13.0	Nice to be here.
1:14.0	Thank you so much for spending this time with us.
1:16.8	Simone, so you wrote The Good Enough Job, which is all about not over-identifying with
1:24.2	your work.
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