Big Time Off: What Sabbatical Gives Back to Us with DJ DiDonna
What happens when you finally have enough time away from work to see your life clearly?
DJ DiDonna has spent nearly a decade trying to understand that question. After his own sabbatical changed the direction of his life, he founded The Sabbatical Project and began researching what actually happe...
How Sabbaticals Can Change Your Career | DJ DiDonna
DJ DiDonna had built the kind of career many people would be reluctant to walk away from. He cofounded a growing company, built a life around work, and had every reason to keep going. But eventually, he decided to step away and take an extended break, an experience that changed how he thought abo...
What If We Borrowed Time From Retirement? How to Take a Sabbatical Every Decade
What if, instead of saving all our freedom for retirement, we borrowed some of those years and sprinkled them throughout our working lives?
Designer Stefan Sagmeister shuts down his entire business for a year every seven years. And research by DJ DiDonna, author of 'Big Time Off', suggests that p...
DJ DiDonna: Big Time Off and Feeling Human Again
DJ DiDonna (see bio below) believes time off can change your life.
Not “check your email from a beach chair” time off.
Real time off.
In this conversation, Jeff talks with DJ about his new book, Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One, and why sabbaticals can ...
Taking Time Off with DJ DiDonna
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What if your company offered a sabbatical? How does a sabbatical help you be a better leader and help your company at the same time? What are best practices? Is a mini-sabbatical effective or not? Those are the questions we are talking about.
DJ DiDonna is a senior lecturer of bu...
DJ DiDonna: Bold Time Off, What It Takes to Step Away
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About this Episode
Your dream job can still burn you out, and admitting that can feel like failure even when everything looks “successful” on paper. I sit down with DJ DiDonna to get real about what actually happens when you step away from work and why that choice can be one of ...
How To Take A Sabbatical With DJ DiDonna
🎧Timestamps:
05:42 Defining sabbaticals versus parental leave12:20 Re-entering the workforce after a sabbatical15:53 Recognizing burnout and functional workaholism20:14 Financial planning and costs of taking a sabbatical23:34 Talking to your employer about time off27:20 Resisting the productivity...
#54 Big Time Off: Power of Sabbaticals Planned or Not | DJ DiDonna
DJ DiDonna defines a sabbatical as "intentional extended leave from your job." DJ is a Harvard Business School senior lecturer and the author of Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One, out now.
Planning one, on leave, heading back, leaving to build something new...
Why More Companies Should Have a Sabbatical Policy
Sabbaticals have long been thought of as an academic privilege, but a growing number of companies offer them, especially since the pandemic. DJ DiDonna, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and founder of The Sabbatical Project, has interviewed hundreds of workers who’ve taken them and st...
