Inside Job

121: What If My Professional Goal Is Not Professional


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We explore the feelings and questions that come up when we consider setting goals outside of work.

We kick things off with a story from Eric about introducing his children to the joys of scratch and sniff stickers – a reminder that our personal lives are also important.

Our discussion centers around the guilt we might feel for prioritizing personal goals because common wisdom has taught us to invest in our careers over everything else.

We share tools and resources to help unpack what we believe about work and "everything else". If you're working on setting goals outside of work, we'd love to hear from you!

Visit the podcast website to listen to the episode What If My Professional Goal Is Not Professional? and learn that it's okay to give ourselves permission to be done with work for the day and to switch focus to another area.

Inside Job is brought to you by Nayla Bahri and Eric Johnson.

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