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Identity Crisis: Why Limiting Yourself to Your Career Is a Problem
Identity Crisis: Why Defining Yourself by Your Career Is a Problem
17 Sep 2024
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One way to develop a healthier relationship with your career may be to visualize its end. “The party’s going to finish,” says HBS Professor and co-author (with Oprah Winfrey) of "Build the Life You Want" Arthur C. Brooks. Here are some steps you can take to mentally and emotionally prepare for the inevitable. 00:00 People in business play their own form of identity politics 01:00 Identities based on fear (of death) 01:50 What to do: a death meditation 03:30 A 9-part meditation you can try "Build the Life You…
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