Second Breaks

Second Breaks

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Second Breaks episodes

  • [58] Leaving a Corporate Career to Join the Start-Up World | Kat Lu

    Highlights of Episode 58

    • What it means to bootstrap a venture
    • The challenges of bootstrapping
    • The factors that Kat considered when deciding to leave her consulting career to join her husband full-time in their startup venture
    • What helped Kat the most during her transition
    • Factors to consider if you’re thinking of developing an app or an automated tool


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    39 min
  • [57] Creating and Managing a Portfolio Career with Kristen Runvik

    Highlights of Episode 57

    • The parts pieces of Kristen Runvik’s portfolio career
    • Why this work arrangement suited her career goals
    • Kristen’s favorite (and effective) way of finding job opportunities
    • How Kristen determines if a side project fits within her bigger picture
    • Why Kristen’s business doesn’t feel like overwhelming work
    • The importance of time management to prevent burnout when you have a portfolio career




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    44 min
  • Finding the Balance in Your Hustle
    In these, the dog days of summer, we're bringing you this conversation with Nik Poplavsky about overcoming stress and burnout and finding that elusive balance in work and life. We talked about redefining success and how to focus on healthier work and life routines.


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    37 min
  • Creating a Career That Works for You
    A conversation with Sarah Kent about how a firm understanding of who you are your strengths, your preferences, and the conditions in which you excel and then using that knowledge to choose your career is a sure-fire way of creating a career that you ll love.


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    41 min

About Second Breaks

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Coffee chats with people I want to learn from — about life, work, becoming, and figuring things out (often in midlife, but not always). Hosted by Lou Blaser.