Listen "Ashley Rudolph: Inertia Disguised as Achievement"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode of the pod, I sit down with executive coach Ashley Rudolph to explore the quiet crisis playing out inside modern careers: mid-career high achievers waking up in lives they never consciously chose. We dig into Ashley’s concept of utopia syndrome—when our ambition slips into autopilot—and how “inertia disguised as achievement” keeps people chasing roles they don’t actually want. We break apart binaries—girlboss vs. no boss, corporate is dead, personal brand is dead, etc—that we believe flatten our choices at the exact moment work is becoming more multidimensional, and we reframe portfolio careers as a means of identity vs income diversification.
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