Adjusting Your Focus with Matt Oliver- CR107

Adjusting Your Focus with Matt Oliver- CR107

From Career Relaunch® by Joseph Liu

July 1, 2025 · 52 min · Season 9 · Episode 107

About this episode

Matt Oliver discusses his career journey and insights on managing transitions and balancing work with side projects.

Have you ever thought about changing your work setup due to a change in your life circumstances, time constraints, or just stress? At some point in your career, you may face a moment of reckoning, when you realize you can’t continue to sustain your current career, and something has to give. But how do you choose whether to hang on to honor the investments you’ve made or let go to make room for something else? On Career Relaunch ® podcast episode 107, Matt Oliver, founder of Oliver Co, describes his career journey to go from designer to company founder and eventual design consultant for Native Design. We talk about how to pace yourself when making a transition, balancing your side projects with your day job, and the importance of outsourcing and delegating tasks if you want to open up new opportunities in you career. 💡 Key Career Insights When you’re starting something new, you don’t necessarily have to cut things off completely with your current employer. There may be a way forward that enables you to balance both your current work and future explorations. Relinquishing control of a project and getting out of the way can open up new possibilities. When you let go, delegate, or…

People in this episode

Host: Joseph Liu

Guest: Matt Oliver

Topics covered

  • career transition
  • work-life balance
  • delegation
  • side projects
  • entrepreneurship

Keywords

  • career change
  • work setup
  • outsourcing
  • design consultant
  • professional growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oliver Co, Native Design

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