12 LESSONS LEARNED – OCTOBER No. 10

Hi, I’m Anna Jelen, and I am a …. well, what am I? It was in October when my self-doubts almost got me to the ground. Do you know why? Because I thought I didn’t own my titles anymore. And I had many! I was The Time Expert. I was a keynote speaker. And I was a podcaster. But a lot had happened last year, and suddenly I thought: Is the name time expert out of date? I had not given a speech in 1.5 years due to Corona; was I still a keynote speaker? And I was not too fond of the title podcaster. On a long walk in the Swedish woods, I understood: there is work to do Annapanna. Are we having an identity problem here?That’s when I started to work on this topic and today I publish this lesson learned about titles and identity.  A little outtake: “So there we are, back to the titles. What is my conclusion? It’s about the balance. Job titles can be important for some of us; they can support and outline what we do. They can give us a kind of direction. And I think to some amount, we have to accept to be conditioned by titles, labels and tags. And I know how it feels when the ego gets a title it likes. It makes you grow an inch taller, and it might help you with your confidence. But I would try never to forget the question: “At the end of the day, does it matter?”  I see that I am happy and liberated since I do not overthink this title stuff. I know who I am without any titles. But my self-reflection on this topic was so important to be more confident with my identity, even when titles fall away or become obsolete – there might be new ones as well. We should never stop asking: Who am I right now.“ Enjoy the whole episode, it takes only 10 minutes to listen. Let me know what you think about this.  Cheers, AnnA By the way; please subscribe to the Newsletter and in the future, you will get all the audio versions also in written form.    

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