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What’s holding you back from chasing your dreams? If you’ve been procrastinating on your career moves, get ready, because Jayati Vora is here to dish you some serious straight talk.

As an editor who once walked into her boss’s office and said “I quit,” Jayati’s got some meat in her message. She also comes up with way better metaphors than that.

In this episode, we talk about burnout, how to know when you should leave your job, facing your fears (particularly judgment), and the power of being silly.

 

Takeaways from this episode:

1. Feel for the train tracks. When you stop resisting, you might just click into your groove.
2. Your safety net is a prison.
3. If your cup is already full, you can’t fill it with anything else.
4. Stick with it. Keep going. The path will become clear.
5. Give yourself permission to be silly. 

 

ABOUT JAYATI VORA

Jayati Vora is a recovering journalist and editor of award-winning stories who is obsessed with making work be as close to play as possible. This means that she occasionally does strange things like asking people to help her fail or writing a job posting to attract her next client. She teaches children creative writing, or so she tells their parents. What she REALLY teaches kids is how to love stories, and how to tell them. She has a writing-centric show called Cutting Chai Stories. And as the Million-Dollar Story Boss, she is showing entrepreneurs and start-ups how to mine and polish their own gold story. She hosts an ongoing writing party for anyone who wants inspiration, motivation, accountability, and feedback; DM her for deets.

Get her 12 things to never forget when writing your next email: https://cuttingchaistories.com/12emailcomponents/ 

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Cutting Chai Stories Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1N3JPCvINDiOtzyviVkfjz

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayativora/

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cuttingchaistories

She also issued us a prompt this week in The Creative Commute Community. 

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