How to Resolve Identity/Role Confusion to Advance Your Career

Does your job define who you are? Is your self-esteem dependent on your success or failure in your career? If you feel guilty or ashamed if you get criticized for your performance or seek positive feedback to feel good about yourself, your self-worth based on external validations feels like on a roller coaster. You could go up and feel that high for a little while, but you could potentially spiral down. How can you avoid the feedback rollercoaster? In this episode of the Career Confidante, host Marie Zimenoff talks about the ego identity versus role confusion and how people’s performance becomes part of their identity. She also provides a straightforward method of figuring out your identity. If you are want to know how to maintain your identity stability – and improve your work performance and happiness – while having various roles, this episode is for you!