Want To Change Careers? A 7 Step Guide With Peloton’s Robin Arzón

Nearly one third of American workers under age 40 are thinking
about changing careers, according to a Washington Post poll. I was
one of them. I pivoted from grassroots organizer in prisons to
NPR’s Silicon Valley correspondent. I then pivoted again, to
podcast host/owner and book author. As a woman who devours career
change stories, I can safely say: Robin Arzón has one of the very
best. Arzón is the head instructor at Peloton. An ultramarathoner
and a fitness guru with fans across the world, she didn’t even
consider herself an athlete just a few years ago. She was a
corporate lawyer. On Art of Power, Arzón explains why she left a
very lucrative career — one she enjoyed — to chase something
undefined. She wanted more. She traces her journey back to a
horrific moment when, at age 20, she was held at gunpoint. I break
down her path (and mine and many others) into seven simple steps.
Well, simple to say, but maybe not so simple to follow. Arzón and I
also discuss how her workouts have changed since giving birth to
her first child.