We don't even get 'our' instead of 'the'. Watch next time a visitor or new starter is shown around your place of work as they are told things like 'this is the Accounts team' and 'over there is HR'. We must be aware of how the world around us conditions us to think that we are our jobs. Life is about creating yourself." George Bernard Shaw That's who you are - YOU! "Life isn't about finding yourself. I have met Rob, Lesley, Aaron, Mark, Sue, Lisa etc. Because I haven't met any Accountants, Payroll Managers, Developers etc. And I love it even more when people add words like 'Senior' or 'Head Of' just to make sure we know that they are of a certain 'standing'. We meet so many 'Accountants', 'Payroll Managers', 'Customer Service Agents', 'Administrators', 'MD's', 'Developers' etc. What I should have had the courage to say was "I lead a team who provide first-class customer service". I can remember once being asked what I do and my answer was to shrug my shoulders and say "Customer Services". We are so much more than our job title tells others about us! Thinking this way leads to insignificance and us aiming for mediocrity. Think about how many people we meet both in work and outside of work and when the introduction comes it sounds like "I'm Tim, I'm an L&D Manager". Why is it that all of us will challenge us being treated as a 'number' yet we're happy to be considered as a 'job title'? I think the saying should be:. The above is a saying we've all heard and maybe even said about ourselves. "Smiling, I feel no disgrace with who I am" - Richard Ashcroft.
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