Yowei Cares Too Much

The case of the tryhard who wants to care less. Yowei has a problem. She overprepares, overthinks, and worries so much about doing a good job that sometimes it makes her worse at her job. Can you care deeply about your work without being consumed by whether it succeeds? Yowei finds a proxy who manages to do serious, thoughtful work while seemingly not caring what anyone thinks.  In this episode: ambition, rejection, the surprising costs and benefits of caring less, and the art of low investment. From the episode:  Listen to Time to Say Goodbye, Jay's weekly podcast about politics, culture, fishing, surfing and some other stuff. See the photo hanging in Yowei's recording booth and get the low-investment reading list and the photo of Jay in Yowei's recording booth in our free newsletter File Under Feelings. Sign up at proxyhq.org — just click "Join for free."  Hear more of Jay's advice on speaking bro in a bonus episode of Bad Hang, available to paid members at proxyhq.org. New to Proxy? Try Bisexual Wife Guy for a classic case, or Yowei Can't Speak Bro, about what happens when friends have different ways of talking and connecting.  Follow us on Instagram — @proxypodcast @yoweishaw Get in touch — [email protected]