In this episode, Steve and Kevin discuss how to get out of a job you hate, whether it’s better to do work that you love vs. work that’s lucrative, Steve’s move to China, narcissist parents, and more!

Topics Covered:

• Choosing a meaningful career
• Should you do what pays the bills or do what you love for work?
• Breaking from the corporate prison
• The trap of believing there is somewhere better than here
• Dr. Suess – Oh the Places You’ll Go
• The resistance to doing a job you hate vs taking responsibility
• Steve tells the story of quitting his terrible sales job in LA and moving to China
• Steve does the Work of Byron Katie to break free from his boss
• Steve realizes the effects on children who grow up with narcisistic parents
• The dangers of being a people pleaser
• Kevin’s childhood experiences with adults that were not emotionally available
• Gabor Mate and Russell Brand discuss parenting
• Giving space to children while they are upset or frustrated
• Importance of staying conscious then during childhood outbursts or meltdowns
• How do reconcile acknowledging trauma in childhood with the Work of Byron Katie
• We don’t know for 100% certainty that we actually have the parents that we thought we had at all, or even that this life is real
• The positive thinking movement versus The Work of Byron Katie
• The importance of absolute integrity within
• Being weary of false Instagram coaches and online experts who pretend to be more successful than they are
• Following/finding an authentic guru
• Luckin Coffee in China

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