𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?
𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
What's your first response to this prompt?
Mine is usually: 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘈 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩. 𝘈 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 & 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵.
Did you notice, it says more about 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼.
Many of us derive a significant part of our identity from our work.
This is where I have often arrived – both for myself and in coaching conversations:
𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 = 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼.
And when 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 isn't going too well, there's an experience of smallness. A sense of shrinking. Even an identity crisis.
Which makes me wonder:
Who am I beyond what I do? Despite what I do? Irrespective of what I do?
So...
𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪?
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