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Why Your Work Shouldn’t Define You | Nicole Johnson
There’s a quiet assumption in modern life…
That what you do…
is who you are.
Productivity becomes identity.
Output becomes value.
And over time, work stops being something you do —
and starts becoming something you depend on.
But what happens when that changes?
In this episode of Thought Atlas, we sit down with Nicole Johnson to explore burnout, identity, and the deeper relationship between work and self-worth.
We talk about:
Why burnout is often about identity, not just workload
How productivity became tied to personal value
What burnout is actually signaling
The process of separating…
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