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Brian Wiesner's avatar

I like the idea of thinking of work as a series of projects and not jobs. Also your observation about pulling on the threads of connection, this is something I do deliberately. Well said Rick!

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Rick Foerster's avatar

Thanks for the feedback, Brian!

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Ved Shankar's avatar

The idea of temporarily adopting a persona, without accepting it as your identity is an important divide to move away from black-and-white thinking (something I catch myself with)

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Rick Foerster's avatar

I agree. I think we all have multiple selves in which we go in-and-out of in our lives. The way I show up at work is completely different the way I show up with my kids.

I do think there is a deeper goal of "integration" where our selves converge over time into something coherent. But I think of that as a lifelong project, rather than something one does overnight.

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