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Podcast: R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness
Episode: I Was Told to Fit In—But Being Weird Saved My Career
Description: Everyone says to optimize. To fit in. To specialize.But what if playing it safe is exactly what’s holding you back?In this raw and honest episode, David Maslach shares what most people won’t say out loud:Being weird might be the only reason your career survives.Drawing from experience as a tenured professor and researcher, he explains: • Why the best ideas start as misunderstood • How “goofy” projects become strategic breakthroughs • Why great firms like Google pr...