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In some ways, identity foreclosure is the opposite of an identity crisis: instead of accepting uncertainty about who we want to become, we develop compensatory conviction and plunge head over heels into a career path.
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Deciding to leave a current career path is often easier than identifying a new one.
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…in the great majority of careers, and in the advanced stages of all of them, there is no published curriculum, no syllabus of materials that must be studied and mastered.
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Solving the talent puzzle means looking for exactly the right ethos that’s vital for a particular job – rather than trying to match candidates to a long list of universal virtues…
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…most of us dodge the hard work of extracting lasting truths from the zigzags of our own careers… We would rather settle for a soothing narrative…
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In our modern world, advancing our careers and trying to find happiness and fulfillment are the definition of success.
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Politics also present a constant threat – the fear that others are trying to keep us down so that they may advance their own careers.
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Indeed, one of the fastest routes to higher pay early in a career is to switch jobs fairly often.
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Unfortunately, sometimes the best thing for your people – and your career – is to cave in to these silly demands and do as you are told.
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In large part, we are what we do, and our identity is closely connected with whatever we’re focused on, including our careers, relationships, projects, and hobbies. When we quit any of those things, we have to deal with the prospect of quitting part of our identity. And that is painful.
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