Hustle. Grind. Boss up. Do more. Love them or hate them, these words are embedded into the ways we think about work and entrepreneurship. But as we’ve seen with the enormous growth of the r/anti-work subreddit and the panic about quiet quitting, more people than ever are thinking about different ways to go about building their lives, careers, and businesses.
As we close out the Self-Help, LLC series, I wanted to address where our productivity hang-ups come from, who our productivity really benefits, and how we might go about doing things differently. This episode is in 2 parts. The first half or so is an introduction to how employers (including self-employers) profit from unpaid work and why the productivity-wage gap has become so immense. The second half of the episode is my conversation with Jadah Sellner, about the vision for business she lays out in her new book, She Builds.
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EP 389: Context Clues: Does everyone need a personal brand?
EP 388: Extra Context: Not Getting Paid
EP 387: Context Clues: Is there hope beyond positive thinking?
EP 386: Extra Context: Getting Paid
EP 385: Context Clues: Who do you work for?
EP 384: Context Clues: Do you love your work?
EP 383: Extra Context: Rugged Individualism
EP 382: Context Clues: What makes for a fair refund policy?
EP 381: What happens when you take a 4-month break from business as usual?
EP 380: When does overdelivering become overcompensating? with Allison Davis
EP 379: Why do we choose squeezing more in over taking time off? (Time & Money 8)
EP 378: How much time do you work? with Anne Ditmeyer (Time & Money 7)
EP 377: What game are you playing? (Time & Money 6)
EP 376: What Is Our Time Worth? With Keina Newell (Time & Money 5)
EP 375: Is this really a new economy? (Time & Money 4)
EP 374: How do you measure quality time? with Elisabeth Jackson (Time & Money 3)
EP 373: Should we lower our expectations? (Time & Money 2)
EP 372: What Is Money? with Paco de Leon (Time & Money 1)
EP 371: How does emotional labor impact our work?
EP 370: What is the creator economy? with Gina Bianchini
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