With all of the demands of life, it’s sometimes quite easy for people to lose focus on who they truly are as they build their identities around what they do and who they feel they should be. There can be entire spans of adulthood where adults are rewarded for their hyperfocus, even if it means that their more personal, and seemingly “optional” desires get neglected. Maybe their hyperfocus is their occupation, or raising a child or children or caring for a parent.
But what happens when that identity goes away, when the job ends, when the child grows up, when the parent heals, goes into a care center, or sadly passes away?
Brett Lovrien could have easily fallen into the trap of hyperfocus. After all, he is a very successful civil attorney specializing in transactional litigation, business law, and health law, which can be a pretty ALL encompassing career choice.
Fortunately, he’s come to recognize that he’s so much more than his work. He’s a proud husband and a father of three adult daughters. He’s an avid hunter and fisherman who loves to go on back country adventures in Western South Dakota, Canada, and Alaska.
He’s passionate about caring for an acreage of land that he and a partner own and have in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
Brett is also someone who has just a few more years of work before he retires.
After that, he’s excited to say “Yes, and?” to the rest of his life.
Had he built his identity entirely around his career, he might not have such an optimistic attitude.
I’m excited to have an Awkwardly Awesome conversation about all it has taken for Brett Lovrien to become a highly successful lawyer, what it’s like to look forward to the rest of his post career life, how he keeps expanding his view of himself and how this expanded view improves his life and the lives of the people around him.
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