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Jason Feifer

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1534 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

Just to be clear, the vast majority of the time, almost all the time that people have heard you, you have been on mic in a studio, which was actually just in a bedroom in your home that you would set up as a studio. And now that bedroom is taken over by a baby. So you had to go find another place to put that microphone.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

You know, what's interesting is. this metaphor that you had has evolved because, so work was your first baby and that baby had its own little nursery in the form of a studio in your home. That's right. And then the baby had, the work baby got kicked out for an actual baby, which is forcing the work baby to grow up and to become like a work child or a work young adult. Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

You know, what's interesting is. this metaphor that you had has evolved because, so work was your first baby and that baby had its own little nursery in the form of a studio in your home. That's right. And then the baby had, the work baby got kicked out for an actual baby, which is forcing the work baby to grow up and to become like a work child or a work young adult. Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

You know, what's interesting is. this metaphor that you had has evolved because, so work was your first baby and that baby had its own little nursery in the form of a studio in your home. That's right. And then the baby had, the work baby got kicked out for an actual baby, which is forcing the work baby to grow up and to become like a work child or a work young adult. Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

And, and for a while you were like, well, but maybe they can both be babies and they can both have their own little nurseries at home. But you're thinking, no, no, no. Like this is, this is, this is actually like to have a child is in some way to accelerate or to force the evolution of the other things in your life, which, which is exactly what it's worth.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

And, and for a while you were like, well, but maybe they can both be babies and they can both have their own little nurseries at home. But you're thinking, no, no, no. Like this is, this is, this is actually like to have a child is in some way to accelerate or to force the evolution of the other things in your life, which, which is exactly what it's worth.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

And, and for a while you were like, well, but maybe they can both be babies and they can both have their own little nurseries at home. But you're thinking, no, no, no. Like this is, this is, this is actually like to have a child is in some way to accelerate or to force the evolution of the other things in your life, which, which is exactly what it's worth.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

What I have found with me, like I am, and we've talked about this, I am so deeply frustrated with, By the thoughts of how much more I might have accomplished or could do or whatever that I can't because I have kids. But at the same time, I have to remind myself that the time of my life in which I have had children, which has been nine years, I have a nine year old and a five year old.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

What I have found with me, like I am, and we've talked about this, I am so deeply frustrated with, By the thoughts of how much more I might have accomplished or could do or whatever that I can't because I have kids. But at the same time, I have to remind myself that the time of my life in which I have had children, which has been nine years, I have a nine year old and a five year old.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

What I have found with me, like I am, and we've talked about this, I am so deeply frustrated with, By the thoughts of how much more I might have accomplished or could do or whatever that I can't because I have kids. But at the same time, I have to remind myself that the time of my life in which I have had children, which has been nine years, I have a nine year old and a five year old.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

That time has been the time of greatest accomplishment in my life. I have built the most during that time. So even as I focus on all the things that I couldn't do, I've also done the most. And why is that? I mean, part of that is just like, if you're doing life correctly, then there should always be new things and you're growing.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

That time has been the time of greatest accomplishment in my life. I have built the most during that time. So even as I focus on all the things that I couldn't do, I've also done the most. And why is that? I mean, part of that is just like, if you're doing life correctly, then there should always be new things and you're growing.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

That time has been the time of greatest accomplishment in my life. I have built the most during that time. So even as I focus on all the things that I couldn't do, I've also done the most. And why is that? I mean, part of that is just like, if you're doing life correctly, then there should always be new things and you're growing.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

But another part of it is that I think that just having the kid forced me to put structures around my time in a way that I never had before and to be really intentional about how I'm using my time and to drop things that I enjoyed, but that just weren't as productive a use of my time. And as a result, my work has thrived. And that sounds like what you're setting up here.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

But another part of it is that I think that just having the kid forced me to put structures around my time in a way that I never had before and to be really intentional about how I'm using my time and to drop things that I enjoyed, but that just weren't as productive a use of my time. And as a result, my work has thrived. And that sounds like what you're setting up here.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

But another part of it is that I think that just having the kid forced me to put structures around my time in a way that I never had before and to be really intentional about how I'm using my time and to drop things that I enjoyed, but that just weren't as productive a use of my time. And as a result, my work has thrived. And that sounds like what you're setting up here.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

I had no idea. That was amazing. I got a lot of emails. Did I tell you that? I got a lot of emails from that episode. People were really grateful about how honest I was about the challenges of parenthood. In fact, I was just talking with a friend who lives in Montana, and I was being open about how challenging I find parenting is.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

I had no idea. That was amazing. I got a lot of emails. Did I tell you that? I got a lot of emails from that episode. People were really grateful about how honest I was about the challenges of parenthood. In fact, I was just talking with a friend who lives in Montana, and I was being open about how challenging I find parenting is.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

I had no idea. That was amazing. I got a lot of emails. Did I tell you that? I got a lot of emails from that episode. People were really grateful about how honest I was about the challenges of parenthood. In fact, I was just talking with a friend who lives in Montana, and I was being open about how challenging I find parenting is.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

And she was shocked because she was like, nobody in Montana would ever say something like that. And I do think it's true that in more work oriented cultures like New York, where I live, there's probably a bit more comfort with talking like that. But mostly people are not comfortable talking about it. But I think I think that it's really important.