Finding The True Work Of Your Life - Steve Schlafman & Matt Yao

Steve is a professional coach and the founder of Downshift - the world's first decelerator. He has left a career in venture, but he remains ambitious, it's just that his ambition is now to have a good, multidimentional life, where he can be a good dad for his kids.
Matt has left a traditional path early on to write, travel and discover his own path. When he met Steve, he offered him to become his apprentice and joined Downshift.
Links:
Downshift: www.downshift.me/
Steve's website: www.schlaf.co/
Steve's Twitter: x.com/schlaf?s=20
Matt's Twitter: x.com/matt__yao?s=20
Matt's blog Game of One: blog.mattyao.co/
Matt's blog Build in Climate: buildinclimate.substack.com/
Downshift on Twitter: / downshift_me
⏳Timestamps
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:01 Guests introduction
0:03:03 The scripts that Steve grew up with
0:04:42 The scripts that Matt grew up with
0:05:52 Slowing down
0:08:12 High output and why Steve doesn't use it anymore
0:10:22 Deprogramming and unlearning
0:12:46 The cocoon stage
0:14:59 Deciding to quit
0:19:18 Learning from others on the path
0:21:28 Kids on an unconventional path
0:26:15 Trust
0:29:27 Matt's sabbatical, finding good work
0:35:23 Not feeling jealous anymore
0:36:38 Competitiveness vs enoughness
0:39:33 Matt's apprenticeship with Steve
0:48:45 Putting yourself in a place where it's easy to help you
0:52:44 Downshifting & Ambition
1:03:20 Marriage & Family
1:11:08 Money, skiing and oatmeal
1:14:51 Steve on reframing money
1:17:29 Launching Downshift decelerator
1:21:40 Where can we find Matt?
1:22:07 Where can we find Steve?
1:22:25 Closing remarks
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[@TLJ6]

Don’t know I how found this, but this was great conversation

[@PaulMillerd]

Thanks so much!