You Are Not What You Do

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"You are not your resume. You are not your LinkedIn headline." These words strike at the heart of the modern identity crisis many high achievers face—the dangerous fusion of who we are with what we do. 

What if your value has nothing to do with your output? What if you could be loved and powerful simply for being you? This radical shift doesn't mean abandoning excellence; it means grounding it in something more sustainable than performance. The transformation begins when you stop trying to be impressive and choose presence instead.

This week, I invite you to unhook from the doing, pause the performing, and return to the truth: you are already enough.  

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, it's Laura and welcome to your Peak of the
Week.
Just a reminder your Peak ofthe Week is a short message from
me.
It's something that comes alsoin your inbox.
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(00:21):
be a pop-up or you'll scroll andyou can see the very bottom
peak of the week so that you canbe in the know of all the
things that are going on and allthe things going on for you,
because it's actually a reallyexciting time and I feel very
privileged to be coming intoyour ears right now.

(00:42):
Thank you for this opportunity,this honor, and today I've got
a message for you regarding youare not what you do.
So here goes you are not whatyou do.
You are not your resume.
You are not your LinkedInheadline.
You are not your inbox, yourto-do list or your overflowing

(01:04):
calendar.
You are not your inbox, yourto-do list or your overflowing
calendar.
You are not what you do.
But chances are the worldtaught you otherwise.
From childhood we're praised forperformance, gold stars,
straight A's, MVP trophiesSomewhere along the line.
What do you do became shorthandfor who are you, and we

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believed it.
I know I did.
For years I built my lifearound doing achievement,
productivity improving.
And, truthfully, it worked.
On paper everything lookedimpressive Executive roles,
leadership accolades, salesresults but inside I was

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disconnected, dimming, full-onanxiety, performing a version of
success that looked great fromthe outside but felt hollow on
the inside.
And I know I'm not the only one, because I've sat across from
thousands of high achievers whoshare the same quiet truth I'm

(02:09):
not doing everything right,sorry, I'm doing everything
right.
So why do I feel so off?
High achievement is not theproblem.
The identity hook is.
Let me be clear ambition isn'tthe enemy.
Passion, excellence,contribution those are all

(02:33):
beautiful things, but when youridentity gets fused to your
output, that's where dangerlives.
At first subtle, you become thejob title, the promotion, the
role everyone leans on, untilyou're not sure where you end

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and the job, the doing begins.
And here's what I've learnedafter 30,000 interviews and my
own reckoning with burnout whenyour worth is performance-based,
your peace is always at risk.
And that's why I'm here Not tomotivate you to do more, but

(03:18):
invite you back to who youalready are beneath the doing,
to who you already are beneaththe doing.
So let's flip the script.
What if your value has nothingto do with your productivity?
What if you could be seen,loved and powerful simply for

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being you?
What if the deepesttransformation begins the moment
you stop trying to beimpressive and start choosing to
be present?
I know this sounds radical,especially in a world that
rewards hustle, busyness andalways being on, but I've
watched client after client sheddecades of identity armor and

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emerge brighter, more groundedand more impactful than ever.
Not because they did more, butthey remembered they are who
they are.
So here's a practice for youthe identity introduction.
The identity introduction.

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All right, try introducingyourself without mentioning your
job, your achievements or yourroles.
What would you say?
This practice cracks the shellof the performance persona.
It helps you remember theessence beneath the resume.
So maybe you say I'm a joyfulquestion asker.
I'm a lighthouse for others intheir fog.

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I'm a soul who loves deeply andlaughs often.
That's truth.
That's where your light lives.
And when you stop sorry, whenyou start living from that truth
, that is where the real magicbegins.

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Presence is the new power.
Presence is the new power.
Presence is the new power, andone of my favorite coaching
moments is when a clientrealizes I don't need to prove

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anymore.
They shift from hustle toharmony, from over-performing to
aligned living.
They stop striving to besomeone and start showing up as
their full, full, free self.
They come home to who theyreally are.
And let me tell you, nothing ismore magnetic than a human

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being who stopped performing andstarted living from alignment.
You don't need to blow up yourlife to get there, but you do
need to get honest, askingyourself where am I still
over-identifying with what I do?
What would it mean to lead fromwho I am?

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What truth about my worth haveI been afraid to claim?
The soul doesn't care aboutyour job title.
At the end of your life, whatwill matter more will not be
your LinkedIn profile or youremail signature.

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It will be the way you madepeople feel, the moments of
presence you gave, the memories,the experiences, the ways.
You stayed true to your essencewhen the world told you to be
something else.
This is your wake-up call, ormaybe a gentle nudge.
You are not what you do.

(07:08):
You are light, you are love,you are whole, even when you're
resting, especially then.
Even when you're resting,especially then.
So here's your invitation thisweek Unhook from the doing,
pause the performing, return tothe truth.
You're already enough exactlyas you are.

(07:38):
You're already enough.
Exactly how you are.
You are everything you wish tobe.
You already are.
Whew man, that was a prettyheated one.
So what I do is I read this toyou, but I love using my I don't
know.
I just like this wave thatcomes over me.

(07:59):
I just know what words to putemphasis on and what tones and
the pace.
I like.
Revel in this, like this is afun expression for me, and my
intention is I remind you justhow powerful you are.

(08:19):
I remind you that what ishappening right now, what you
are judging as being a negativething, is a gift.
There is a gift in it.
I know it might not seem likeit at first, but seek and you
shall find there is a gift ineverything.

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Pay attention to what is cominginto your life, what is coming
up for you.
What is coming up for you, it'sfor you to see it, it's for you
to acknowledge it, it's for youto be so aware of this so that
you can finally let it goProcess, let it move through you

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and let it go.
We don't need to hang on anymoreto these pieces that do not
serve us anymore, to thesepieces that do not serve us.
See the darkness.
See it for what it is, bring itto the light.

(09:25):
You are so much more powerfulthan you think and the future
holds so much brightness, if youwill just believe.
You must believe it in order tosee it.
There are so many people, somany people that need you, that
need you to be your very, very,very best, the best of who you

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are.
So today, please summon thebest of who you are and know
that I am rooting for you.
Remember you are light, you arelove, you are whole, even when
you're resting, especially,especially when you're resting.