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Protecting Your Identity from Your Leadership Role

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Jeremiah
Apr 28, 2025
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Let’s cut to it:
Too many leaders don’t know who they are outside the boardroom.

If you stripped away the title… the LinkedIn bio… the team…
Would you still know who you are?

It’s a scary question, because most of us have built our lives around what we do rather than who we are.

But here's the problem: when your identity fuses with your role, leadership becomes a dangerous game. Every mistake feels personal. Every bad quarter hits your soul. Every critique cuts deeper than it should.

If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. But the cost is too high to ignore.

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