What happens when your career becomes your whole identity

Re:What happens when your career becomes your whole identity by grecy on Saturday December 28, 2019 @04:21PM (#21901814)

Do you mind sharing from what country you come from and what language that is in please?

I just spent three years driving around Africa, and I usually say "People treat people like people" to describe everything that is amazing about the people there. It sounds awkward, but it's the best way I have to describe what you're talking about. I'd love to quote your saying, if you don't mind!

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Re:What happens when your career becomes your whole identity by gustavpaul on Saturday December 28, 2019 @04:36PM (#21901918)

South Africa. And I guess Xhosa/Zulu. The electricity provider mentioned is Eskom. It's complicated.

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Re:What happens when your career becomes your whole identity by mmsimanga on Saturday December 28, 2019 @06:14PM (#21902494)

Yes it is South Africa. Born in Zim to descendents of Mzilikazi who left South Africa during Shaka Zulu's reign.

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Re:What happens when your career becomes your whole identity by mmsimanga on Saturday December 28, 2019 @06:16PM (#21902503)

The saying isn't mine but an African idiom. As you spent time in Africa experiencing it you have every right to use it :-).

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