Good morning from New York City. What I’m thinking about this morning is how we’re affected consciously or unconsciously by anticipating other people’s reaction or how we feel by other people’s commentary or negative questioning.

Let me say more. I was at an event last week organized by MEA or the Modern Elder Academy, as I’ve mentioned many times before. It was a gathering of the greater New York area. The first part was a presentation by a New York Times author who talks about career and identity.  I think she entitled her presentation “Slashes” and what she meant by slashes was our many different identities. In my case, I could say I’m an advisor slash podcaster slash connector slash you get the idea. We have many different identities, different ways of identifying ourselves and the weight and importance of them vary depending on what’s going on in our lives, right?

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