What we believe about ourselves is not always true because who we are is sometimes different to who we really are.
As people we are so much more than our career, yet many of us allow it to define who we are.
Hilary Clinton once said ‘Don’t confuse having a career with having a life’
It is true that our career will define us in many ways and we cannot doubt that it plays a crucial part in our lives. However, if we are not careful about getting the balance right across our life, we can find that the hours and days are consumed just by work.
Sometimes this can happen unconsciously but it can also be something we strive for, to become the ‘go to’ person, the ‘expert’, the person ‘who gets things done’ or ‘knows someone who can’.