# identity
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13:12The gifted label and its costAl Elliott: Do you think that if you hadn't been described as gifted, if you hadn't, you know, got your MSc at 22, your PhD at probably 23, if you hadn't done all these amazing things, then your life would have taken a dEP 301 · 14 May 2026·interview· 13:12–16:2012:24Purpose, identity, and the push-pull of meaning vs. moneyLeanne Elliott: I had to try, but yeah, I respect that. I definitely want to come back to, as you say, what it means when, when, you know, work and identity is so Closely intertwined. Before we do, assistant producer GeoEP LIVE-2026-03-25 · 25 Mar 2026·panel interview· 12:24–23:4739:53The hard reality of reinvention and identityErica Breuer: It's been as hard as I expected. I don't know. I feel like a lot of folks who are making a change right now, whether it's to work for themselves, something, you know, to do something else, they're not just EP LIVE-2026-03-25 · 25 Mar 2026·panel interview· 39:53–46:2228:01Why high heels? The identity Tom left in the atticAl Elliott: Probably at this point, our listeners will have the same question as those previous executives. Why high heels? I've got in my head birthday, but talk to me Tom LeNoble: Well, you know, let me tell you, I wroEP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·interview· 28:01–34:4817:12Prediction 3 — Erica Breuer: Identity deviates from work — explore over optimizeAl Elliott: Okay, prediction number 3 coming up. Prediction number 3 comes from Erica Brewer, and if you don't know Erica yet, you're in for a treat Leanne Elliott: Erica is a messaging strategist who basically helps busEP 262 · 30 Dec 2025·other· 17:12–24:0021:01Losing ourselves in chaos and the leaders who will succeedLeanne Elliott: And is this where we're losing ourselves? You said with your drive and your tour to help people reconnect with their reason, is that what we've lost? What we're losing in the chaos? Rob Kalwarowsky: What EP 257 · 11 Dec 2025·interview· 21:01–23:5317:31Belonging, travel and the search for something moreAl Elliott: Let's talk about belonging for a second Carolina Lasso: I knew you were going to go there. I saw your eyes. I saw your eyes Al Elliott: You knew it. Belonging. You traveled. A lot of people we meet who travelEP 221 · 7 Aug 2025·interview· 17:31–19:5550:35Understanding young John AmaechiAl Elliott: I've never fit in. I said that in the present tense, which is interesting. I shall talk about that with my therapist. When I was younger, I never fit in anywhere I went. I was always the outlier. And my wholeEP 158 · 31 Dec 2024·other· 50:35–54:5836:16Personal reflections: growing up as an outlierJohn Amaechi OBE: I've never fit in. Uh, I said that in the present tense, which is interesting. I shall talk about that with my therapist. Um, when I was younger, I never fit in anywhere I went. I was always the outlierEP 82 · 14 Mar 2024·interview· 36:16–39:158:00The Pivot: 'All I knew how to do was be a lawyer'Jodie Hill: Well, actually, all I knew how to do was be a lawyer. So I was like, well, I'm gonna have to be a lawyer somewhere. But I was applying to firms and I was just thinking, this is all a load of shit. Like, I canEP 73 · 11 Jan 2024·interview· 8:00–11:1313:34The early years: growing up a second-generation immigrantAl Elliott: Okay, so Maneesh's story is one of like resilience, identity transformation. He explains— Maneesh explains that his early years really, really shaped him in ways that only just kind of becoming clear to him rEP 56 · 14 Sept 2023·interview· 13:34–17:2820:35Clip 5 — Dr. JJ Peterson: who's the hero of your story?Al Elliott: So switching gears slightly, my next clip is from Dr. JJ Peterson, who, if you've ever heard of a book called StoryBrand, well, he's the co-author, the co-host of the, of the associated podcast, and just suchEP 52 · 17 Aug 2023·other· 20:35–23:4539:53Rob's engineering identity crisisRob Kalwarowsky: When I got into work, I was like, hey, I gotta be this high-performing engineer because this is who I am. My self-concept was, I'm reliable Rob. This is who I am, the guy who delivers. I got into work, IEP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·panel interview· 39:53–44:1266:34Different identities, different senses of selfLeanne Elliott: Duncan mentioned there how we can have different identities and different senses of self depending on, on the environment that we're in. And that's absolutely True. And it's not to say that for positive wEP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·panel interview· 66:34–69:16
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