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Your Job is Not Your Job

If someone asked you, “What is your job?”, what would your response be?  Go ahead, take a minute to think about your answer.  I asked a similar question a few weeks ago in my post Become Indispensable: Solve Interesting Problems)

Professor Fred Kofman tells a story about a question that changed his outlook on this question.

Did you say that you’re a coach? Entrepreneur? Do you manage operations? Maybe CEO?  Well, as Fred points out, what you think is your job is not actually your job.

Your Job is Not Your Job

Here is Fred’s presentation:

How do you answer now?

Did Fred change your mind?  (Fred’s full presentation is available here on youtube)

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2 responses to “Your Job is Not Your Job”

  1. Lo que somos y lo que hacemos | marketingstorming

    […] post magníficos de Florian Mueck “What do you do for a living” y Conor Neill “Your job is not your job” en los que reflexionan sobre la propuesta de valor que hacemos como profesionales en […]

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  2. LloydChiro Avatar
    LloydChiro

    I don’t see my job as a job. I see it as part of my whole career. I live my career. It’s shapes my lifestyle. My career forces me to live professionally and healthfully.

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