146. Who Are You Without Your Job Title?

About this episode

The episode explores the impact of job titles on personal identity and self-perception during mid-career changes.

What happens to your sense of identity when your job title no longer fits? In this episode, I explore a question that sits quietly underneath many mid-career decisions: If I changed careers… who would I be? For many of us, our work becomes a shorthand for who we are. Over time, our job title can start to carry more weight than it should, shaping how we see ourselves and how we introduce ourselves to others. But what happens when that identity starts to feel too small, or no longer quite right...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Crossfield

Topics covered

• identity
• career change
• self-perception
• job title
• mid-career decisions

Keywords

• identity
• job title
• career change
• self improvement
• mid-career

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