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Open Friday thread: The vocational awe trap

Joshua Doležal
Apr 14, 2023
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I’m a little embarrassed, after a year of writing about work and identity, to have immediately fallen into the “vocational awe” trap in my conversation with Liz Haswell on Tuesday. To her credit, Liz set me straight. But it’s alarming how much I still default to language about work as a calling. If you missed this a few…

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