The Importance of Having a Life Outside of Work, with Simone Stolzoff
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The Risk of Over Identifying With Your Job
There is a risk that comes with over identifying with your job. People who have what researchers call greater self complexity people who have been able to cultivate different sides of themselves are more resilient in the face of adversity. There's sort of like the business case for protecting your life outside of work but I think there's also sort of the moral case about the way in which cultivating other sides of who we are creates more well rounded individuals it can be healthy for our communities and for ourselves.
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