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The Way of Work
by Rick Foerster
The Way of Work is for mid-career professionals who are successful on paper, but suspect work can’t deliver what it promised—ideas on meaning, identity, and ambition without the hustle-guru nonsense.
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What You Need is a Midlife Crisis
(a GREATEST HIT from The Way of Work)We mock the midlife crisis: red convertible, leather jacket, a bunch of bad decisions. But underneath the cliché is something worth taking seriously... an opportunity for reinvention.In this episode, I make the case for taking your midlife crisis seriously instead of laughing it off, or suppressing it down, like you've always done. The real crisis may not something to avoid, but to something to need.Part of my series: "Existential Explorer: Ideas at the Edge of the Map"👉 The original essay: https://newsletter.thewayofwork.com/p...👉 For more essays: https://newsletter.thewayofwork.com👉 More about me: https://www.rickfoerster.comRick Foerster is a recovering startup executive who helped build and grow a company from zero to $2B+, then left that life to start writing. He writes about meaning, identity, and reinvention @ The Way of Work. His debut novel is coming soon — a post-apocalyptic survival story with a psychological bite.The Way of Work is essays on meaning, identity, and ambition for people who suspect work can't deliver what it promised — without the hustle-guru nonsense.
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Two roads diverged, and I chose the one that takes me forever to explain
3 years ago, I had every reason to start a company. Experience, investors, a war chest, and a Notion doc with 100+ ideas I'd spent years building. Instead, I wrote a post-apocalyptic novel.This essay is about the road I prepared for, then didn't take. I cover:The Notion doc full of company ideas that still exists, still waiting...Why the "obvious move" can feel like a trapWhat happens when you disappear from the identity everyone expected you to keepThe people who walk away when you choose the weird road — and the ones who don't👉 For more essays: https://newsletter.thewayofwork.com👉 More about me: https://www.rickfoerster.comRick Foerster is a recovering startup executive who helped build and grow a company from zero to $2B+, then left that life to start writing. He writes about meaning, identity, and reinvention @ The Way of Work. His debut novel is coming soon — a post-apocalyptic survival story with a psychological bite.The Way of Work is essays on meaning, identity, and ambition for people who suspect work can't deliver what it promised — without the hustle-guru nonsense.
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I helped build a billion-dollar company. Now I'm a nobody.
From the top of one world, to the bottom of another.At the age of 40, I stepped away from a high-status corporate career to start writing.This essay is about the drug of prestige — what it feels like to chase it, lose it, and realize you still want it back. I cover:The "high" that comes with validation and statusHow you get hooked on prestigeThe withdrawal that comes when you lose your statusThe desire for new status in new domains👉 For more essays: newsletter.thewayofwork.com👉 More about me: rickfoerster.comRick Foerster is a recovering startup executive who helped build and grow a company from zero to $2B+, then left that life to start writing. He writes about meaning, identity, and reinvention @ The Way of Work. His debut novel is coming soon; a post-apocalyptic survival story with a psychological bite.The Way of Work is essays on meaning, identity, and ambition for people who suspect work can't deliver what it promised — without the hustle-guru nonsense.
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The Way of Work is for mid-career professionals who are successful on paper, but suspect work can’t deliver what it promised—ideas on meaning, identity, and ambition without the hustle-guru nonsense.
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