Something feels off in Australia right now.

People are agitated, businesses are hesitant, households are under pressure. And there's a growing sense that everyone's running out of patience.

And we're hearing it from across the country.

This week we start with the mood of Australia, why confidence matters more than people realise, and what happens when millions of small financial pressures start changing how we behave towards each other.

Then we get into one of the great career traps: mistaking the prestige of your employer for the value of your career.

Is working for a massive multinational actually better? Are you developing better skills, building stronger relationships and getting ahead? Or have you just got a fancy office, a recognisable logo and a very expensive breakfast buffet designed to keep you at work?

And finally, marriage maxxing.

Can you marry someone who doesn't share your ambition?

What happens when one person wants to build an empire and the other wants to clock off at five? What happens when the woman is the high-flyer and the man isn't? And how much of the tension comes from what we actually want versus what we've been conditioned to expect?

We get into ambition, insecurity, traditional gender roles, resentment, parenting, money and the conversations couples really need to have before their careers, and their lives, start pulling in different directions.

Because the wrong career decision might cost you a few years.

The wrong partnership decision could cost you a whole lot more.

In Short:

• Australia's angry energy.
• The cost of losing confidence.
• Big companies versus small businesses.
• Career prestige and corporate vanity.
• The skills that actually matter.
• Career ambition in relationships.
• High-flying women and traditional gender roles.
• Marriage maxxing.
• Why you need to keep checking that you're building the same life.

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