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Dear Listener,

How do you know if your career or business is veering off course...or just doing a zigzag? Is changing jobs the right move? Or are you just running away from a problem?

On today's podcast, Jen and I try to figure it out with work stories and entrepreneurial lessons from Pinterest's ex-President, an Obama advisor, and a data scientist turned CEO.

Hear their words to live by... 

LISTEN

Meanwhile, you know it's summer when your kid already has a camp injury, amirite!?!?!?

Between visits to a pediatric orthopedist and gorging on Rainier cherries, I've been working with the Stable Genius team to produce some excellent podcast episodes. Keep scrolling to see the full list below. Download them all and make that next long drive home from the beach fly by.

Just fyi, a new episode of ZigZag will be out next week (what's YOUR relationship to money?) and this newsletter will be back in a fortnight. 


Now, here's my question: are you taking a break this summer? A proper vacation with no email? If so, how? If not, why not? I'm thinking a lot about burnout for the episode coming out on July 25 with the fabulous Helen Zaltzman. We'd love to hear from you. Send a voice memo or a quick note to hello@stableg.com or just reply to this newsletter. 

When life is the pits, make a pie.
Manoush x

P.S. Some of you have asked for the link to the promo codes we mention on ZigZag. Here it is. Go get 20% off those comfy socks! And thank you :) 

P.P.S. Sara Wong's illustration this week is a very cool take on the hairpin turns that we face in life...

LISTEN TO OUR OTHER NEW EPISODES!

At Vox's recent Code Conference in Phoenix, I was joined onstage by the incredibly smart and inspiring Shireen Santosham, San Jose's Chief Technology Officer. She's rethinking how we make sure our poorest neighbors get access to the internet (and also happens to be a young woman of color). Watch the video for free.

On the Luminary app, listen to this Note to Self episode about one of the largest studies on AI and ethics and how you can contribute to the research. The surprising findings say so much about how what you value depends on where you grew up.

Over at IRL, I talk Democracy and the Internet to Canada’s Minister for Democratic Institutions and the ACLU’s Ben Wizner about how our online electoral integrity problems go well beyond a few bad ads. (Yoiks. Let's hope the Canadians figure this out.)

And, if you missed it, on ZigZag hear Mozilla's Mark Surman on why “privacy” is a new business opportunity and how he keeps from burning out while fighting the monopoly mindset of Silicon Valley. Mark's not a teen anymore but he's definitely still punk rock.

READ TO GO DEEPER:
The personal steps climate scientists take to try and save the planet.
It's not just your local bookstore- the weirder ways Amazon has messed up publishing.
Here's why turning 50 IS a big deal for your life's ambitions. 
The harmful side of living like a super-productive CEO.
I've read enough about the aftershocks. I'll be listening to The Big One from KPCC before my next trip to CA.

I RECOMMEND:
Follow Shireen Santosham and her career. She's one to watch. 

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