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Why you shouldn't let your job define you

Close up of a young lady working from home (Getty Images)
Close up of a young lady working from home (Getty Images)

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The pandemic has changed so many ways in which the world operates, including work. Maybe it prompted you to question your career and your relationship with work.

Are you asking yourself: Does my job define me?

We revisit Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson’s conversation with Arthur Brooks. He’s a contributing writer at The Atlantic and wrote a piece last year titled, “A Profession is Not a Personality.”

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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