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When professional advancement creates identity conflict

I got promoted to manage my former peers and now they treat me differently and I feel like I'm betraying the person I used to be.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Moving between social hierarchies can fracture our sense of continuity with previous versions of ourselves.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Who am I — the foundational question?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.