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 158: Building A New Business From His “Unique Genius” With Strategist Jason Van Orden
EP 157: Planning For Parental Leave With StoryMine Co-Founders Catherine Orr & Elena Rue
EP 156: Teaching Live Courses For Maximum Results with Yes and Yes’s Sarah Von Bargen
EP 155: Small Business Owners Get Honest About Fear
EP 154: Exiting One Business And Starting Another With Jadah Sellner
EP 153: More Leading, Less Managing with Wanderwell Founder Kate Strathmann
EP 152: Reinventing Your Product–Twice–with Freshbooks Co-Founder Mike McDerment
EP 151: Doing More With Less With SystemsRock Founder Natasha Vorompiova
EP 150: Juggling A Jeweler’s Business Model with Designer Christy Natsumi
EP 149: Combining Creativity and Productivity To Do Great Work With Unmistakable Creative Host & Author Srinivas Rao
EP 148: Building For Business & Life With Your Spouse with Productive Flourishing’s Charlie Gilkey & Angela Wheeler
EP 147: Scaling Mental Health Services With Move Forward Counseling Founder Alison Pidgeon
EP 146: Wellness Hacking For Time Management Success With Business Strategist Michelle Warner
EP 145: Developing, Manufacturing, & Marketing An Innovative Product With Têra Kaia Co-Founder Bridget Kilgallon
EP 144: Centering Women Of Color In The Outdoors with Color Outside Founder Nailah Blades Wylie
EP 143: Licensing Your Signature Work With Momtography® Creator Beryl Ayn Young
EP 142: Growing Organically Through Unconventional Channels with CozyCal Co-Founders Chris Tan & Kat Lu
EP 141: Making Clients Comfortable With Uncomfortable Subjects With Financial Behaviorist Jacquette Timmons
EP 140: Paying Attention To The Red Flags With Don’t Panic Management Founder Jess Ostroff
SPECIAL: Changing Your Name After 10 Years of Building A Personal Brand With What Works Host Tara McMullin
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