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Why Following Your Passion is Bad Advice | Laura Gassner-Otting on Defining Your Own Success

Laura Gassner-Otting (Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "Limitless" and "Wonderhell") joins me in our London studio to challenge everything we think we know about success. This is Laura's UK/Ireland podcast debut, and we recorded this at Christmas over mulled wine. The energy is incredible. IN THIS EPISODE: The Four Horsemen of Success (24:57) "I'll be happy when..." (why waiting is killing us) Purpose (it doesn't need a white hat) Follow your passion (the "live, laugh, love" tattoo of career advice) Balance (we need alignment, not balance) Need to Make vs Want to Make Numbers (15:05) Two numbers we all have The sacrifices in between How they change at different life stages Caroline's Story: Saying No to a Promotion (16:51) Why she turned down VP role Eleanor Roosevelt quote on what others think She's still with the firm 10 years later Whose Goal Is This? (18:50) Why we define success before our frontal lobe is formed Laura's law school story (fourth grade teacher's goal, not hers) Giving yourself grace to change Work-Life Alignment over Balance (27:35) Millennials living out loud on social media Code-switching is exhausting Being the same person at work and home Feeling Seen vs Feeling Loved (20:11) Laura's therapy revelation Transactional love (got grades = we love you) Bringing your full self to work KEY INSIGHTS: "I refuse to not be happy NOW. Life is short. Why are we waiting for retirement? They retire and have heart attacks." "Follow your passion is the live, laugh, love tattoo of career advice." "We would worry much less about what other people thought about us if we realised how seldom they did." - Eleanor Roosevelt (via Laura) "I think we're not too busy. I think we're too busy doing things that don't matter to us." "When you find alignment, it's easy because you just move from one to the other pretty seamlessly." ABOUT LAURA GASSNER-OTTING: Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path and Live Your Best Life" and "Wonderhell: Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should and What to Do About It." 20 years as an executive recruiter, sold her firm, now speaker and consultant helping people get unstuck and see their greatness. Regularly appears on Good Morning America and major UK networks. Website: lauragassnerotting.com Books: "Limitless" and "Wonderhell" RESOURCES: Submit your career dilemma: betteratwork.net ABOUT BETTER AT WORK: Making your work life better, one conversation at a time. New episodes every Thursday. Hosted by Cathal Quinlan Instagram: @betteratwork LinkedIn: Better at Work