A place on the tree
Feeling like your work determines your self-worth
1 person has stood here
Does this feel close to something you’ve lived? Tell your own part. What you tell becomes one page, yours to keep.
The situation
A person becomes so personally identified with what they are building or creating that doubts about the work feel like doubts about their own value.
What it’s like
The success or failure of the work begins to shape how they see themselves.
Nearby on the tree
- Struggling to separate failure from self-worth3
- Feeling unseen when no one understands your work1
- Feeling trapped in exhausting work because of financial pressure2
- Realizing a long-running work project has no future1
- Being unable to meet a job performance target under pressure2
- Leaving a career because the pay no longer covered living costs1
Only the place shows here. What people told stays theirs.
