Do you have an identity?

The day your job title disappears, you discover whether you had an identity or only a designation. Save this for the day when your career feels uncertain. Because in 2011, I lost my job while my wife was pregnant. Until that moment, my title gave me confidence, my company gave me my credibility, my salary gave me the security, and suddenly the visiting card meant nothing, the designation meant nothing. I still had my experience, no doubts. I still had my skills. I had my own ideas, but I never had built a system around them. See, that experience taught me something I will never ever forget. A job is not the enemy, but the identity should never be completely rented from an organization. Because roles can change, companies can change, industries can change. That's what I actually went through. The industry was changing. But what you know, what you have lived through, And the problems that you can solve, that belongs only to you. You can't give it to anybody else. So continue doing your job well, but quietly build something that carries your name, your ideas, your contribution. Not because you should fear losing your job, because you should never lose yourself inside one. Comment "I am more" below if you know your current title is only one chapter of your story. Let me know, and I want to read your comments.