EP 23: Your Job Is Not Your Identity ft. Jason Rosario
About this episode
Kier Gaines and Jason Rosario discuss the impact of work on identity and the evolving nature of value in the wisdom economy.
What happens when the thing you’ve always used to measure your value starts disappearing? For a lot of men, work has never just been work. It’s how we provide. How we prove ourselves. How we measure success. And sometimes, whether we admit it or not, it becomes a big part of how we decide whether we matter. But in a world where AI is changing industries, jobs feel less secure, and everybody has access to the same information, being knowledgeable might not be enough anymore. In this episode, Kier sits down with Jason Rosario for a conversation about the wisdom economy and why the experiences you’ve accumulated throughout your life may become more valuable than simply knowing the right information. Jason explains why the future of work may belong to people who can take what they’ve lived, learned, survived, practiced, and observed and turn it into something useful. Together, they unpack the difference between pivoting and expanding , why scarcity can make men chase opportunities that were never meant for them, and what it means to become grounded enough in yourself that losing a job, title, platform, or opportunity doesn’t mean losing your identity…
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