You can afford anything, you just can't afford everything.

Every choice comes with a trade-off and that applies not just to your money, but to your

time, your focus, your energy, your attention.

Saying yes to something implicitly means saying no to all other alternatives.

And that opens up two questions.

First, what matters most?

Second, how do you align your decision-making on a daily, weekly, monthly annual basis to

reflect that which matters most?

Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice.

And that is what this podcast is here to explore.

My name is Paula Pan.

I am the host of the Afford Anything podcast.

And today we're going to focus on the aspect of building wealth and of deriving meaning

that does not get discussed enough on personal finance shows, which is your career.

For as much as we love to talk about investments, and that's certainly one of my favorite topics,

the reality is that the work that you do is going to be one of the biggest determinants

of the wealth that you build, the net worth that you accumulate, and also the meaning and

satisfaction that you derive in your life.

It will not be the sole source of meaning and satisfaction, of course, but if you are

lucky, you may find that it is a major contributor.

The issue, however, is that in order to succeed at work, there are unspoken rules about how

to get ahead.

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