Turning a Life That Looks Good on Paper Into One That Is With Smiley Poswolsky
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2016
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
If it looks good on paper and other people are impressed maybe that means it’s the right thing. And for me, one of the main lessons I learned was that you can have a job that on paper is perfect. The right company, the right title, the right salary, the right kind of influence, and prestige. Your parents are super impressed or it looks good on Linkedin. Deep down if you know that’s not the right fit for you, that’s on you. No one else is going to say something. – Smiley Poswolsky
Adam Smiley Poswolsky is a millennial career expert and author of Quarterlife Breakthrough: A Career Guide for Millennials to find Meaningful Work
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| 0:00.0 | If it looks good on paper and other people are impressed, maybe that means it's the right thing. |
| 0:06.6 | And for me, one of the main lessons I learned was that you can have a job that on paper is perfect. |
| 0:15.2 | The right company, the right title, the right salary, |
| 0:18.5 | the right kind of influence, right? |
| 0:20.7 | Prestige, you might say. |
| 0:22.2 | Or your parents are super impressed, or it looks great on LinkedIn. |
| 0:26.1 | But if deep down you know that it's not the right fit for you, that's on you because no one |
| 0:31.4 | else is going to say something. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Srenny Rao and this is the unmistakable creative |
| 0:39.7 | podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and |
| 0:43.8 | creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses, written |
| 0:47.6 | best-selling books, and created insanely interesting art. For more, check out our |
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