79: Glamour Or Grind? A Fork In The Road

79: Glamour Or Grind? A Fork In The Road

From From Corporate Into Calling: Career Change, Burnout, Meaningful Work, Find Your Purpose by Alisa Murphy - From Corporate Into Calling

April 22, 2026 · 17 min

About this episode

Alisa Murphy reflects on a personal career crossroads between glamour and grind, emphasizing the deeper commitment to identity in career decisions.

This week I'm recording from inside my own fork in the road. Two paths with the same values at the core, but asking very different things of me. On one side, glamour — the route I've trodden before, where people sit up and pay attention. On the other, grind — the path of real, tangible work with no attachment that makes it interesting to the ego. What I'm learning, in real time, is that these moments are never really about the decision on the surface. Whenever we hit a fork like this in career or business building, it always comes down to identity. It's about who you're willing to become, and how much of yourself you're willing to commit, for how long. Most of us underestimate how deep that commitment runs. For anyone trying to find your purpose in the middle of a messy career change: this one's an honest check-in from the threshold, not a tidy lesson from the other side. Next steps: ✦ Discover the Meaningful Business Incubator ✦ Subscribe to my emails ✦ Book a call with me Related episodes: → What's The Worst That Can Happen? → How to Start Building the Thing You Can't Stop Thinking About → What Changes When You Stop Looking For An Exit Hosted on Ausha. See…

People in this episode

Host: Alisa Murphy

Topics covered

  • career change
  • identity
  • purpose
  • decision making
  • self-discovery

Keywords

  • career change
  • burnout
  • meaningful work
  • identity
  • purpose

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