July 24th, 2021:  Greetings from Hualien!  I am starting a 7-day break tomorrow so there will be no newsletter next week.  We’ll be following in Aug

How To (Not) Plan A Career | #149

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2021-07-30 17:30:06

July 24th, 2021: Greetings from Hualien! I am starting a 7-day break tomorrow so there will be no newsletter next week. We’ll be following in August with a series of guest posts.

Today’s guest essay is from Pam Hobart who is a philosophical life coach who helps intellectuals to clarify their thinking and values, so they can make decisions and commitments without cognitive dissonance. As she says “Nothing is un-philosophizable. Nothing.”

Since so many people are quitting their jobs this year or are thinking about it, she’s been helping people think through how to approach work and their careers from a bottom-up perspective. That’s what today’s essay is about.

She’s hosting a discussion session with the inter-intellect next week on this topic. If you want to learn more you can check it out here.

The way we think about searching for jobs is based on a certain mental model of work that is outdated.  We assume that life is about finding the right "career," track, or path and then working backward. 

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