Identity Crisis: Why Defining Yourself by Your Career Is a Problem
Published at : 23 Dec 2025
One way to develop a healthier relationship with your career may be to visualize its end. “The party’s going to finish,” says HBS Professor and co-author (with Oprah Winfrey) of "Build the Life You Want" Arthur C. Brooks. Here are some steps you can take to mentally and emotionally prepare for the inevitable.
00:00 People in business play their own form of identity politics 01:00 Identities based on fear (of death) 01:50 What to do: a death meditation 03:30 A 9-part meditation you can try