10/15/2024
This PodCast came into my feed at the perfect time!
Rather than giving so much power and sway to "THE ROLE" or Pursuit, instead try to reframe and attach your identity to the Features of your Pursuit.
While the Pursuit will change, the Features do not.
I feel that this will bring me much more success.
“And what I mean by that is, instead of attaching our identities to any given pursuit, right, in my case to being a violinist or, you can imagine, you know, being a doctor, being a mom, whatever the identities are, being an athlete, try and attach your identity to the features of that pursuit that really make you light up. In my case, it was, as I mentioned earlier in the conversation, a thirst for human connection. For other people, it might be seeing impact or witnessing self-growth.
Whatever the feature is, if you can identify what those features are, then if your circumstances change, and you can no longer do that specific pursuit, you can at least still find other pursuits that share those underlying traits.”
“I think when you strip the profession or the pursuit of its superficial features, and you look beneath the surface, and you try to understand what aspects of it are really motivating to you and really inspiring to you, then at least you can try to find that through line elsewhere. Life has thrown many curveballs my way. I went from being a violinist to an academic, to a public policy person, to now creating a podcast on change, and they seem very disparate, very disconnected on their surface.”
From 10% Happier with Dan Harris: The Science of Handling Uncertainty | Maya Shankar, Sep 2, 2024
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-happier-with-dan-harris/id1087147821?i=1000666264365&r=1756
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Podcast Episode · 10% Happier with Dan Harris · 09/02/2024 · 60m
