Learning To Quit & Life Reinvention (Christine Bader)

 Christine Bader is currently living in Bali, Indonesia, where she is spending time focused on her family and self.  She is the author of The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil and the former head of CSR for Amazon before leaving in 2017, a journey she details in an amazing essay titled “The year I learned to quit.”  

She talks about leaving the corporate world and shifting her focus from building a career to building a life.

Topics Discussed:

• Corporate social responsibility
• Taking a sabbatical in Bali
• Building a life
• The greek concept of Kairos
• Working in Asia
• Working at Amazon

Recommended Reading

• Can a business of any size be good?
• The Year I Learned To Quit (New York Times)

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The Pathless Path is hosted by Paul Millerd - a writer, creator, and consultant. He has conversations with freelancers, self-employed entrepreneurs, creators, and vagabonds who share their perspectives on their relationship with work, burnout, bootstrapping, indie hacking, remote work, reinvention, creativity, sabbaticals, leisure, self-employment, unconventional living, and digital nomadism. Past guests include Ali Abdaal, Khe Hy, Ben Hunt, Wade Foster, Dan Vassallo, Kris Abdelmessih, Steph Smith, Amir Salihefendić, Alex Pang, Visakan Veerasamy, and more.