The Good Enough Job w/ Simone Stolzoff (Bestie Ep) #1007

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Jul 9, 2025

Simone Stolzoff, author of 'The Good Enough Job', shares insights on achieving a healthier work-life balance. She discusses how our jobs often replace deeper connections and personal fulfillment, advocating for diversified identities beyond work. Stolzoff emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries and reevaluating traditional notions of success and productivity, urging listeners to prioritize well-being over societal expectations. Her engaging anecdotes and reflections highlight the need for introspection in navigating career fulfillment and mental wellness.

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Benefits of Diversifying Identity

Diversifying your sources of identity improves resilience to setbacks in work.
Investing time in varied roles and communities creates a richer and more balanced life.

INSIGHT

Worship Work, Risk Being Consumed

Whatever you worship consumes you, including work if placed above all else.
Chasing career status can leave people perpetually unfulfilled and chasing the next rung.

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Passion Isn't Always Practical

Following passion is not always accessible or equitable and can mask exploitation.
Work fundamentally is an economic contract exchanging time and labor for money.

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“Work will always be work. Some people work doing what they love. Other people work so that they can do what they love when they’re not working. Neither is more noble.” This is a quote from Simone Stolzoff’s new book The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life From Work, that’s set to publish in a couple weeks. And regardless of where you fall on that spectrum, whether you live to work, or work to live, Simone makes the argument that there are too many of us who are looking to our jobs to provide fulfillment in ways that are unhealthy. For some our careers have replaced religion, for others it’s a deep meaningful passion they’re looking for, and yet others have replaced their social circle with their office, and friends with their co-workers. We’re asking our work to wear too many hats! So today we have a great conversation with Simone Stolzoff about diversifying our identities, steps that both employers and employees can take in order to help define the ‘good enough job’, and some practical steps we can take in order to create boundaries in our pursuit of work-life balance.

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