Rick Foerster
@rickfoe
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Making meaning in & out work: https://t.co/S7JrPZmuj5 Recovering early employee & executive
Washington, DC
Joined June 2011
What I wish I had known at the start of my sabbatical… 1. You are accelerating yourself into a midlife crisis. That’s a good thing. 2. Create a boundary of 3 months with zero work (no meetings, projects, etc.) 3. “Would I do it if it were free?” = best heuristic for whether something is worth doing. 4. What you’re good at, isn’t the same as what you like. And you have time to get good at something else. 5. A taste of time freedom is priceless, but for a different reason than you expect: you’ll realize there’s something else after freedom. 6. Have a long view, but keep it fuzzy. 7. Force yourself to do selfish fun. If you can’t enjoy it now, will you ever? 8. Others always come with good intentions, but may support you in the wrong direction. 9. No one recruits you to do your own thing. 10. If life is long, then what’s the rush? And if life is short, then what else would I rather be doing? Bonus: don't try to find "a calling" (hint: what I'm writing about next)
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@p_millerd Also crazy that he wrote 12(!) books before he sold his first to a publisher (for $10K spread out over 3 years). Great episode from an author I love.
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@TheMinimalists Money doesn’t help you escape the prison. It just transfers you to a better cell. (wrote about it more here:
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RT @bryan_johnson: The martyrdom playbook is manic. An engine of depression, anxiety, metabolic dysfunction, and disease. It breeds impai…
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RT @MatznerJon: @kevinslavelle @Zackisatwork A post like this gives a voice to the thousands of people who have built real businesses - who…
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@nickbaum @Storyworth As a guy who sees the power in an individual's story, you might like these. Example:
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It really depends on your definition of "retire." - If zero "work" (in any form), you're probably right. - But if your definition of "work" is more malleable, then I disagree. My exploration on the topic shows that many find MORE meaningful lives after they "retire."
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@KevinEspiritu @drgurner Also can be an issue of... at what point in time are we looking at? We hear from many of these folks in the middle of transition period, which is always, well, a weird time.
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@KevinEspiritu Interviewing people like this as part of a series called 'The Other Side of Enough.' The aimlessness of the first year-ish is very common. Interestingly, he may be on the verge of something amazing if he can fight thought it...
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@p_millerd @naz_avo @acekingspades People will die earlier when meaning only = work. When this is your whole life, and work disappears, then you have nothing else. Build a portfolio of meaning beyond work.
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@thesamparr "To me, they’re more like a reliable, cohesive staff. And I care about each one of them like they were part of my own payroll.”
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