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I love this. It connects to a similar strategy I've employed throughout my career: I make an effort NOT to work jobs/roles that I have an emotional connection to. For example, I worked at a small website in my early 20s that I had used habitually (almost obsessively) before I worked there. I felt a deep connection to the mission and the content. After I had worked there for a year the business decided to pivot in order to stay afloat, and it was emotionally crushing for me and deeply affected me on a personal level. I found myself unable to do my job because I was so disappointed about the new direction. It definitely clouded my judgement at work and just generally made me miserable. Now I choose jobs at companies that I respect and admire, but that I also have a bit of personal distance from so as not to get too emotionally involved.

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