Identity Without the Title

Many experts fear that changing roles means losing who they are. Help me explore that carefully.

Context:
- My current professional identity: [e.g., physician, scientist, partner, executive]
- What that identity gives me: [respect, purpose, structure, belonging, income]
- The change I am considering: [describe]

Tasks:
1. Ask me 3 questions about which parts of my identity are about the title and which are about the values underneath.
2. After I answer, help me name 3 to 5 values that would travel with me into any role.
3. Describe how each value could show up in two or three of the paths I am considering.
4. Identify what I would genuinely grieve, without minimizing it.

Tone: thoughtful, honest, unhurried.

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These prompts support thinking. They do not replace professional legal, financial, medical, regulatory or career advice, or the people who know you well.