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Series 02: Don't Work

Are you climbing the wrong mountain?
A summary of the “Don’t Work” series: lessons from a year away
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When you don’t have a “calling”
How to find your work, when it’s not obvious [Don’t Work: Part 10]
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The very easy, not-painful-at-all, 5 super simple steps to changing your career
The definitely-no-pain-whatsoever guide to doing something different [Don’t Work: Part 09]
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Scale down, after scaling up
Coming back down to reality, after reaching the top [Don’t Work: Part 08]
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Diversified Portfolio of Identities
We would never put all of our money into one stock. But many of us put the entirety of our identity into one area: Work. [Don’t Work: Part 07]
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The “Hard Work” Delusion
So you believe in hard work. But what is your work? [Don’t Work: Part 06]
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Beyond our basic ambition
Is our current concept of ambition, ambitious enough? [Don’t Work: Part 05]
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How to be unproductive
Why going nowhere, gets you somewhere [Don’t Work: Part 04]
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The Value of Disappearing
The unexpected benefits of escaping from it all (and what to put back in its place). [Don't Work: Part 03]
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Unraveling the layers of working identity
Who am I, without work? [Don't Work: Part 02]
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Work identity serves, then severs
My work identity: the rise before the fall. [Don't Work: Part 01]
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Intro: Don't Work
Now that the first series, Work in Progress, is complete… What's coming next? Plus, an ask and bonus recommendations inside.
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