The Time Value of Life: Andrea Jones on Taking Years to Get Over Feeling Like a Failure

<p>Consultant with two degrees from MIT</p> <p>Show notes: <a href="//The Time Value of Life: Andrea Jones on Taking Years to Get Over Feeling Like a Failure">https://www.markgraban.com/mistake105</a></p> <p>My guest for Episode #105 of the <a href="http://myfavoritemistakepodcast.com/">My Favorite Mistake podcast</a> is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreajones/">Andrea Jones</a>, founder and principal at her firm <a href="https://www.andreajonesconsulting.com/">Andrea Jones Consulting</a>.</p> <p>Andrea Jones has focused on efficient and effective Project Management and Change Implementation for&nbsp;over 20 years.&nbsp;She also loves process improvements, and has a natural instinct to always seek a better way to execute work.</p> <p>Andrea began her career at Intel Corporation, as a Process Engineer, and grew to love the use and analysis of data to make actionable recommendations.</p> <p>Andrea has an MBA from MIT Sloan, an Engineer Masters from MIT, a Masters in Chemistry from the University of Oregon, and a Bachelors in Chemistry and Japanese from the University of Oregon, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).</p> <p>In today's episode, Andrea shares her “favorite mistake” story about how she took a buyout from Intel, but then “felt like a failure” because “they didn't find a role” for her. Why did it take years to get over the “emotional baggage” and what did Andrea learn from that experience?</p> <p>We talk about that and other topics including:</p> <ul> <li>“The time value of life”</li> <li>Part-time consulting work models for moms (and for dads)</li> <li>Is it a mistake to not want to manage others?</li> <li>So hard to keep working moms in the workplace</li> <li>Might not have all the answers when we go into something</li> <li>Treat it as an experiment and “fail fast”?</li> <li>Admit failure, accept reality</li> <li>Simon Sinek's book <a href="https://amzn.to/3kIqg2D"><em>The Infinite Game</em></a></li> <li>Do organizations crave certainty?? Do our brains?</li> </