Career Revisionist with Dr. Grace Lee What CEOs Know About Your Job Security (That You Don’t)
Dec 15, 2025
Discover how true job security isn't about your title but rather your internal strength and adaptability. Real security comes from evolving your value rather than clinging to obsolete skills. Learn why relying solely on one employer can make you vulnerable and how CEOs build resilience through stress management. Explore the importance of expanding your influence ethically and creating lasting value for others. It’s time to shift from dependency to self-sufficiency and redefine what job security means for your career.
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Security Is An Internal Architecture
- Focusing on external structures like bosses or titles doesn't produce lasting security.
- Dr. Grace Lee says real security is an internal identity you can own and control.
Wean Yourself Off Dependency
- Do reduce dependency on a single skill, employer, or credential to avoid built-in expiration.
- Build self-sufficiency via relational intelligence, adaptability, resilience, and thinking skills.
A Personal Turn Toward Self-Sufficiency
- Dr. Grace Lee shares that her own dependency expired at age ten when her mother passed and her father could not care for her.
- This personal loss forced her into early self-sufficiency and shaped her view on security.