Why the ‘Dream Job’ is a Myth ft. Author Simone Stolzoff

Demoted

Demoted Productions

Comedy, Business, Careers

4.8 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

If the questions ‘What do you do?’ or ‘What's your dream job?’ send you into an existential crisis, this episode is for you. As kids, society primes us to pick our dream job as if it's life's ultimate objective. But, what we as working professionals never consider is… Maybe it’s okay to not have one. Join us as Simone Stolzoff, author of ‘The Good Enough Job,’ challenges the conventional wisdom of entangling your career with your personal self-worth. In this episode, Ross, Natalie and Simone delve into the dangers of defining yourself solely by your profession and explore the consequences of neglecting other vital aspects of your life. Simone also shares his insights on navigating layoffs with resilience, overcoming different types of burnout, and cultivating fulfilling passions outside of work. Try Notion for free when you go to https://notion.com/demoted Go to https://Goodr.com/demoted and use promo code DEMOTED for Free Shipping! Join the Salesblazer Community at https://sforce.co/demoted

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0:00.0	Is there such thing as a good enough job?
0:02.4	They say do what you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
0:05.2	Is that actually true?
0:06.4	What am I supposed to do when my company is telling me that we're your family?
0:09.6	In this episode, we're bringing in a guest who's going to tell you you don't have to have the dream job.
0:13.0	That working to live is actually okay. Demoted.
0:24.7	Can we talk about something, and that is some people who are so hot.
0:28.8	It's offensive.
0:30.0	Yes.
0:30.5	Like, you have absolutely no right to be that hot around me.
0:33.4	Yeah.
0:33.8	And now I'm mad.
0:34.6	I was at the guardsman tree lot, which is run by, if you don't know that in San Francisco,
0:38.8	by like 50 attractive men.
0:41.4	By the way, most of them were in tech sales.
0:42.6	In their 20s and 30s.
0:43.6	And they're all over six feet tall.
0:44.5	That's why I couldn't.
0:45.2	They're all over six feet tall.
0:46.5	So hot.
0:47.2	And I'm filming a video dressed as a dad. you for you and they grab it with one arm and lumberjack that shit out there's one guy who was literally shirtless i'm like why is the freezing warehouse why is your shirt off wearing gloves only he's
0:56.6	huffing and puffing it was just gloves it was so lumberjack hot i was like oh my god annie and i both
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