What if building your business (and your life) wasn’t about “doing more”, but about “doing smarter”?

In this powerful season-opening episode of Build the Damn Thing, Kathryn Finney sits down with Christina Wallace—Harvard Business School senior lecturer, serial entrepreneur, and author of The Portfolio Life—to unpack how entrepreneurs can future-proof their careers and personal lives with intentional design.

Christina introduces the concept of living a “portfolio life,” where success isn’t defined by hustle or traditional job titles but by how well you allocate time, energy, and resources across work, creativity, health, and relationships. Drawing from her now-viral Harvard Business Review article Everyone Deserves a Season to Step Back, Christina explains how to avoid burnout, de-risk your entrepreneurial journey, and redefine success on your own terms.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone building a business, pivoting careers, or navigating uncertain times in the age of AI and economic disruption.

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