In the truths in life we tell ouselves?

Question

Do you believe that the title you carry in life (Dr, accountant, teacher, janitor) defines you as a person? Why or why not?

I believe that in life most people equate success with the title of their lives and compare themselves to others and what they have in comparison. I believe that they create their own version of hell in doing so, as they are never happy with what they have, always seeing what more they could have.
I am a chef, I am the best chef that I can be, and I love providing food to people to nourish themselves.
I love my life and who I am.

Answer 1

It's not what you do in life that makes you who you are, its the choices you make and how you treat others

Answer 2

My job does not define me as a person - anymore. When I almost bled to death after a surgery 2 yrs ago, I realized the only things that mattered was my family. Then, the only other thing that mattered was how I treated other people. See, I wasn't really a very good person, judging people, taking advantage of people, using people. Not a good friend. Heck, I didn't even like me!

I got a 2nd chance and it wasn't even my choice. By the grace of God, I am now able to give to homeless shelters, love my neighbor, and enjoy coffee in the morning while watching the birds fly through the trees.

Whether I am an accountant or a waitress, I am ME and how I treat others is all that really matters. Besides, in the end, I don't want people to say "Gee, she did some great work" but rather "She was a good person and made a difference in people's lives. She will be missed".

Answer 3

No jobs/titlesare purely economic and not intelectually descriptive . What does a janitor think that a doctor cannot? They are inherently equal in intelligence. A janitor may not be as well read or educated as a doctor but that would be his choice. In a free society the janitor would have equal access to the same books and learning centers as the doctor. To be the doctors intellectual equal would be that janitors choice. How he earns his living has no standing in definfing his depth as an individual.

Note:
Economics may be a factor in education costs. Example: a doctors family can afford to put his kids into medical school and janitors family may not. While I personally feel that is wrong and a violation of the equality clause of the preamble to be Constitution of the United States, my answer is to draw the conclusion that employment and economic position alone do not define ones self as the questioner asks.

Answer 4

I believe we all carry multiple titles, not just ones that are associated with a job description. As for me, the greatest title in my life is Brother in Christ. Nothing more gives me inner-strength and resolve to live life one day at a time, with self-assurance and confidence as to be thought of as a spiritual partner. Secondly, a job title only ranks as fourth or fifth on my priority list--other titles I am most proud of are: as a best friend, as an ally, as a brother, as an uncle, as a lover to my fiancee', a future husband, and, by God's grace, soon perhaps as a father.

Answer 5

Every person has two faces , the face in public and the face in private . A person can't be defined with the tag of one face. The other face has a very importnat role to play. Titles are just tagged by your education, social status and can't define you as a person, it is just an add on to your public face.
it is the other face , which is more important and has an obscure impact on the public face also. the driver of this face is the real character of a person. so real definition of a person is character of that person instead of the public names and tags.

Answer 6

Yes. It defines a part of you as a person. For example: Someone that is a doctor you know has the focus and drive to make it through many many years of school. The area of study may also tell us about the person...A doctorate in christian studies... you know that person is really into christian studies.

Teacher as a profession tells me the person love to educate and was able to atleast get a Bachelors degree.

Answer 7

NO.
I feel title is just a tag to classify, we are human beings, not a library book that needs to be catalouged and classified to be found always at the right place.
I dont even use my family name as it was from the caste biased society.
I have a new family name that reflects the unending love.

Answer 8

Good Lord, I hope not!!! In the end I would like to be known for the lives I have encouraged and nurtured, not for a title I may or may not have obtained.

Answer 9

No, you define yourself. If you live by the title of your job/career, then you are defining yourself as that.

Just as a person is more than their looks only if they don't define themselves by their looks. If you invest your time and energy mainly into your appearance, then you are your looks because this is how you've chosen to define yourself.

Answer 10

I am defined as a person by who I am not what I am. I am a husband and a father and titles are nothing more than mere internal trinkets to make us appear better to others.

Answer 11

that's a good question. to define a person, one must go beyond that person and examine the society that he or she interacts with.

let me cite a truth everybody is aware of: social classes. who we are are pre-defined by the present dominant ideological system of a society ruled by the dictatorship of the ruling class. our consciousness have been formed by this system and to preserve the power among themselves they use the state, the military, our education, and even our religion to maintain those classes. we are taught to be 'good members' of society by blindly accepting their 'authority'. we internalize it, and even deem it as ours and we think and we make choices but in truth the choices we make only conform with that framework. those who question that 'order' are considered a 'threat' to the 'efficiency' of their working system and thus have to be neutralized.

see the connection? we are not free. and the growing disparity between these classes emphasizes that fact. that disparity gives birth to a new emergent ideology.

we can categorize these conflicting ideologies into two: (1)the ideology that aims to preserve the present system, and (2)the ideology that is fundamentally improved by hundreds of years worth of theory and practice of the toiling masses.

in a nutshell, economic base determines ideology. the ideology one holds defines him or her as a person.