Work That's Worth It - Looks Like Work, Season 3, Ep 5
Let’s talk about the 90,000 hours.
That’s the average time you’ll spend working in your lifetime.
Give or take a few thousand coffee breaks, existential crises, and Slack threads that definitely didn’t need to be meetings.
In this episode, Georgi Enthoven joins me to ask a deceptively spicy question:
👉 “What is worth your 90,000 hours?”
Georgi is the founder of Work That’s Worth It, a project and philosophy that challenges the idea that meaningful work and financial stability are mutually exclusive. If you’ve ever thought “I want to make a difference and pay my bills,” she’s here to remind you: that’s not naïve—that’s strategic.
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Together, we talk about:
Finding work that energizes you (instead of draining the life out of you)
Dismantling the myth that impact and income can’t co-exist
Why burnout is the enemy of long-term change
How your career isn’t just a ladder—it’s a landscape
The privilege and responsibility of choosing what matters
And what it really means to earn well while doing good
This is not a “follow your passion” episode. It’s a call to think more deeply—and more generously—about what your work costs you… and what it gives you.
Whether you’re plotting your next career move, reevaluating what success looks like, or just trying to remember why you started that newsletter, this conversation is your permission slip to ask better questions.
Not just: “What should I do next?”
But: “What kind of life do I want to build—and what role does work play in it?”
"If you are doing good in the world and you burn out in two years, we lose you."
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