I am nothing: On the loss of identity in times of transition - Barrett Brooks
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I am nothing: On the loss of identity in times of transition - Barrett Brooks
The practice comes with a wonderful side benefit: without a job title, it becomes that much harder to merge our identity, who we think we are, with the position we hold.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
Early in my career, I was also the guy who kept up with ten different industries so I wouldn’t have to define myself by any single one of them. But recently, my values have started to change. I now want multi-decade friendships and a professional life where I can build things that compound in value at an exponential rate; I want a place I call home... See more
perell.com • Hugging the X-Axis - David Perell
We can quickly get attached to our job title if it carries social prestige, and we can easily fall into the trap of believing we “are” our job identity.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
There have been no studies of happiness and competence when we professionally self-objectify, when we think “I am my job.” But common sense tells us that this is a tyranny every bit as nasty as physical self-objectification. We become Marx’s heartless work overlord to ourselves, cracking the whip mercilessly, seeing ourselves as nothing more than H
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