As I've decided to shift my "achievements" to my essence, I'm finding myself leading with the things that feel new and minimizing what I've done for the last 20 years. My achievement now is ironically my starting over.
One of the questions that irks me the most is "What do you do for a living?" or "So, what do you do?"
The answer they're expecting is your job title. A surface level statement that tells them how to classify you. As someone who no longer has a Job Title, that question ends up forcing me to probe my soul and give them something with depth... I always expect it to return an awkward silence (because often it does), but sometimes it pivots the conversation and then we're talking about something interesting rather than about work.
Seeing the labels as armor is an interesting take, I completely see how some people lean into them to prevent vulnerability from leaking. I guess I'm lucky for never having an interesting title. =oP
Brad, I feel like you've peered into my soul. Thanks for sharing!
THIS resonates: Becoming requires letting go of the proven ground and walking on the uncertain terrain of what you actually love.
That’s why this pattern matters. Not because credentials are wrong, but because they keep you anchored to who you were instead of who you’re becoming.
WORD!
As I've decided to shift my "achievements" to my essence, I'm finding myself leading with the things that feel new and minimizing what I've done for the last 20 years. My achievement now is ironically my starting over.
Love is moving From “To Do” to “Brad Did”.
Recognizing Patterns are the gateways to Recursive Principles.
And a Principled Life is the Path to Prosperity!!!
Some call it the Path of Right Thinking.
Others... The Path of Righteousness.
A beautifully golden tiled walk of life path being true to the first desire from consciousness...
Happiness:)!!!!
And Happiness.... It is the tide that lifts all ships in the oceans of hope that are dry docked nearby.
Random thoughts by UJoses: )
Hey Brad, great post!
I'm in the Canyon stage. I tend to over explain what I do, why I did it, and methodology I used.
This engineering mindset is difficult to get rid off when I've been doing it daily for 40+ years.
It just shows how much habits drive our thinking while we could be learning something totally new.
One of the questions that irks me the most is "What do you do for a living?" or "So, what do you do?"
The answer they're expecting is your job title. A surface level statement that tells them how to classify you. As someone who no longer has a Job Title, that question ends up forcing me to probe my soul and give them something with depth... I always expect it to return an awkward silence (because often it does), but sometimes it pivots the conversation and then we're talking about something interesting rather than about work.
Seeing the labels as armor is an interesting take, I completely see how some people lean into them to prevent vulnerability from leaking. I guess I'm lucky for never having an interesting title. =oP