As you climb the corporate ladder or grow your small businesses, work can take up most of your time. Even when you get some free time, those extra hours can tend to be used for more work. Author Simone Stolzoff is here today to remind you that your job is not your life.
Simone Stolzoff is an author, designer, and workplace expert from San Francisco. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and many other publications.
He's the author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Your Life From Work, which highlights the importance of diversifying your identity outside of work for a happier life.
Overview: Your Job is Not Your Life w/ Simone Stolzoff
Simone Stolzoff reviews the following:
- What happens when we focus too much on work and not on other parts of our identity
- How financial freedom allows for greater autonomy with hours worked
- Why new hobbies and interests could make you happier and more productive
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Key Takeaways on Your Job Is Not Your Life
Here are my top three takeaways from my conversation with Simone Stolzoff.
Recognize the Problem
Before we can start to reclaim our lives from our work, we need to first recognize that it’s an issue.
“We exist on this planet to do more than provide economic value.” That quote from Simone stuck with me.
Once we realize that we are more than our work, we can start to make changes.
Take Time for Reflection
Do you ever find yourself with a moment of free time… thinking about what to do and then reflexively doing more work? I have.
Well, it’s probably because you and I haven’t thought enough about what else we want our lives to look like outside of work.
- Do we want to be better spouses?
- Better parents?
- More thoughtful friends?
- Find more time for our aging parents?
- A volunteer in our community?
- An author?
- An athlete?
- A musician?
I just named a bunch of stuff I might want to be outside of my work, but it's time for you to do the same. Take 10 minutes to think about who you want to be outside of work. Write down some ideas and get inspired.
Diversify Who You Are
It’s time to take some action.
As Simone suggested in our interview, start leaning into activities and interests that don’t require you to prove your economic worth or value.
He used the example of pick-up basketball. You’re creating community, taking care of your health, making friends and no one on the court really cares about your work or how much economic value you’re providing.
Decide what small step you could take to diversify who you are outside of work today. And pursue it.
Guest Bio – Simone Stolzoff
Simone Stolzoff is an author, designer, and workplace expert from San Francisco. A former design lead at the global innovation firm IDEO, his work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and many other publications.
He's also the author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Your Life From Work, which is available now.
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Carpe Diem Quote:
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
Stephen Covey
What do you think of the advice from Simone Stolzoff? Do you agree that your job is not your life?
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