the tortoise & the hare31 Jul 2019

Blaire Palmer on rethinking our modern conventions of Work

One question we get asked a lot at Slow Home HQ is how can we find our passion and make it our work. It’s something so many of us grapple with, which is why we’re so excited to have Blaire Palmer on the show today.

Blaire is an ex-BBC journalist turned business owner, who under the moniker A Brilliant Gamble works to help people unpick the industrial-age conventions of work and find a fulfilling way forward that works for them.

In her chat with Brooke, Blaire shares her own story and the shifts she’s made to the way she works, how we can redefine work and the way we do it, the power of bringing humanity to your job, and the brilliant gamble of selling her house and travelling with her daughter for 7 months.

Questions featured in this episode:

You’ve spent the past few years unpicking the industrial age conventions of work: What are they?
When did you start to question these conventions?
How do we start to shift the system?
How can we redefine what success looks like?
What was the catalyst to shift from working long hours to the way you work now?
What was the call to return and put down roots after travelling?
Did you ever find an approach to balance that worked for you while travelling, and that works for you now?

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