I fully agree with this statement. It is very true. I have always been amazed at how people conform to the things they do. This statement plays a big role when it comes to your work life as well. People definitely become “what they do”.
I’m sure that we can think of one person in every profession possible that have become so involved with what they do that they live it outside the workplace. Take the communications expert, they live, eat and sleep communications. The editor of a bicycling magazine that rides a bicycle. The editor of a health magazine that conforms to what they teach other people everyday and starts looking after herself and ser body. The journalist that’s always looking for a story. We conform because this is the place where we spend most of our time and it’s almost a must to live the brand.
We do it too. I mean I work for a publishing company that publishes health magazine. I’ve now started going to the gym and eating “healthier”. Maybe I’m conforming or maybe I’ve just had my eyes opened to the risks that I wouldn’t have known unless I had worked here.
The things around us definitely influence us in certain ways so yes we are definitely what we do
I agree completely with your statements, Kim. It is so weird how we conform and I don't think it is a bad thing at all. I work on various brands which ranges from wine right through to guavas. Everytime I work on one or more of them I start to find a new interest in say wine and then when I do a health product, I am again more health conscious. I think we get brainwashed to a certain extend, but in a positive way. I think it's good that we are what we do - it makes us more passionate about life and our work.
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