In today’s episode, I’m reading and riffing on one of my all-time favourite internet articles — The #1 Sign You’re Winning in Life: No One Understands What the Hell You Do for a Living by Tim Denning. It hit me right between the eyes.

Tim talks about how the most successful people are unexplainable. They don’t fit into neat elevator pitches, and that’s a good thing. I totally relate — half my neighbours (and even a few friends) still don’t quite know what I do, and that used to bug me. Now, I see it as a badge of honour.

In this episode, I chat through:

• Why being “unexplainable” is often a sign you’re doing something exceptional
• How to reframe variety and ambiguity in your work as irreplaceable value
• The fine line between being unexplainable and unreferable
• Why jobs that are easy to label might also be the easiest to automate

đź’¬ Quote of the Day:
“The exact inability for someone to summarize your job at a glance is a strong sign you’re not doing something routine — you’re doing something exceptional.” – Tim Denning

🎧 Listen if you’ve ever thought:

“How do I explain what I actually do?” or “Why doesn’t anyone get it?”

đź“Ž Resources Mentioned:

• Tim Denning’s article: The #1 Sign You’re Winning in Life: No One Understands What the Hell You Do for a Living (find it on /Substack) (https://timdenning.substack.com/p/the-1-sign-youre-winning-in-life)
• My Instagram post on being “unexplainable but referable”

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