Optimal Work Daily - Career, Productivity and Entrepreneurship

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Episode 2171:

Sarah Von Bargen explains that saying no and taking on less is not always an option at work, so the goal becomes enjoying the busy season rather than escaping it. She offers eight practical moves, from scheduling genuinely restorative breaks and keeping a file of kind notes to eating away from your desk and guarding the boundary between work and play. The through line is that burning yourself out borrows from work you have not done yet.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.yesandyes.org/2015/11/how-to-enjoy-your-professional-life-even-when-youre-insaaaanely-busy-kind-of-overwhelmed.html

Quotes to ponder:

"When you wear yourself down and burn yourself out, you're compromising the quality of your work and you're borrowing from future productivity and creativity."

"Ferociously guard the boundaries between work and play."

"Taking a break - and spending that break really relaxing and rejuvenating - is an investment in yourself and your work."

Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day.
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Episode 2170:

Lorraine Roberte explains that entrepreneurship begins as an identity shift rather than a fifty-page business plan. She walks through six steps: take ownership of your results, choose an idea built on what you are good at and what people already pay for, connect with the right professionals, set up only the basics, test the idea by actually selling it, and scale once the formula works. The emphasis throughout is on momentum over preparation.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/how-to-become-an-entrepreneur/

Quotes to ponder:

"Becoming an entrepreneur is not just something you do. It's something you are."

"Entrepreneurs get comfortable with discomfort for the sake of their business dreams."

"People pay for things that add value to their lives."

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Episode 2169:

Steve Chou explains what he has learned from working a full time job and running three online businesses at the same time. He credits the day job with stability, benefits, and a real off switch on vacation, and credits self-employment with unlimited upside and the selling skills a large company never teaches. His advice for anyone tempted to quit cold turkey is to build the business on the side first and decide later.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://mywifequitherjob.com/working-a-day-job-vs-running-your-own-business/

Quotes to ponder:

"The reality is that when you work a day job, you have very little control and your situation can instantly go from good to bad at the flip of a switch."

"The hardest part about owning your own business is not letting it run your life."

"Start your business on the side while you are working and then make the decision later."

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Episode 2168:

Kevin explains that we tell young investors to take risk because they have decades to ride out a loss, then tell those same people to play it safe in their careers. He traces his own path into law school back to that mindset and names the three fears that keep people locked in: thinking in worst-case scenarios, believing they could not do anything else, and worrying what others think. His takeaway is that time is on your side at work the same way it is in the market.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://financialpanther.com/thoughts-about-career-paths-and-taking-risks/

Quotes to ponder:

"We're taught to think about our jobs and careers conservatively, playing it safe at times when we can and probably should be thinking much more aggressively."

"Even a totally failed decision probably isn't going to be the end of your life."

"Most of us probably have the skills to do different things."

Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day.
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Episode 2167:

Julie Morgenstern explains why most spontaneous requests at work do not deserve an immediate yes. She lays out three strategies: pause before answering, weigh the request against everything else on your plate, and then respond with a gracious yes, no, or modified yes. The result is a workload you can actually carry and a reputation as someone who delivers on what they commit to.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/how-to-tame-interruptions-that-derail-your-best-laid-plans

Quotes to ponder:

"But 80% of the spontaneous requests that come our way do not need to be dealt with immediately."

"In all other cases, it's better to put a pause in it and put some distance between the request and your response."

"It's helpful to stop thinking of outside requests as their work vs. your work. The truth is, all of it is the company's work."

Optimal Work Daily is a daily career advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on productivity, entrepreneurship, and work-life balance, read to you by a professional narrator so you can grow your career a little more every day.
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