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Identity Crisis: Why Defining Yourself by 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 Want": https://www.amazon.com/Build-Life-You-Want-Science/dp/0593545400
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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 Want": https://www.amazon.com/Build-Life-You-Want-Science/dp/0593545400
Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org
Follow us:
https://hbr.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/
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#HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Identity #Happiness #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool
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