S12 E3: Your Job is NOT Your Whole Personality, and We Need to Talk About It with Lauren Schneider
I Hate It HereShow Notes
We talk a lot about career pivots like they're these well-planned, LinkedIn-announcement-ready moments.
In reality, they are almost NEVER that!
Today I'm chatting with Lauren Schneider, Head of Brand and Communications at Compt. Lauren is a recovering TV reporter, millennial mom, improv performer, and someone who has quit jobs in the messiest, most human ways possible and lived to tell about it.
We're getting into what happens when your whole identity gets wrapped up in a job that isn't working, what it feels like to walk away without a safety net, and how you start to reclaim the parts of yourself that work slowly convince you don't matter.
This one felt like therapy, so it’s time!
00:02:04 - How Lauren Got Into Improv
00:05:49 - Something Lauren Believed About Work Early on That She Had to Unlearn
00:13:16 - The Culture Shock of Moving to Salt Lake City
00:26:06 - Lauren’s Advice From Mentors About Quitting a Bad Job
00:30:40 - Was Lauren Financially Prepared to Quit Her Job?
00:38:38 - Quitting Jobs Without a Safety Net
00:47:04 - How Lauren’s Experiences Changed Her Relationship With Work
00:57:27 - What Lauren Wants Listeners to Take Away From Her Story
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