Is it the age of anti-ambition or are we all simply exhausted?

2022 is being called the year of anti-ambition, but is that really the case? In this solo episode, Chedva unpacks her relationship with ambition – the good, the bad & the ugly of it – while refusing to agree that being ambitious is inherently toxic.

 

She explores: 

• why entering the workforce was so important to her as an ultra-Orthodox woman
• when her start-up ambitions led her deep into burnout
• & how COVID made her face the realities of work amidst crisis

 

Tune in for an open and honest reflection on why we don’t actually want our work to be “on steroids.” As well as Chedva’s thoughts on how we can heal our burnout without giving up our ambitions in the process. 

 

Links:

• “2022 may be the year my ambition truly dies” in The Cut 
• The Age of Anti-Ambition in New York Times
• Listen to Chedva discuss “Torah & Tech in Israel” on BBC’s The Documentary Podcast
• “I’m not asking people to change their accent for me, just asking for basic respect” Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on Twitter 
• Rejecting mispronounced & whitened names in Toronto Star
• “It’s harder than ever to care about anything” in Time
• ‘My dark secret’: Orthodox women reveal their abortion stories in Forward

 

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