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What’s the difference between “Belonging” and “Fitting In”? True belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are

I recently joined @KateSyuma on the @Growthmates podcast to share my journey from @Netflix to @Coursera and the lessons I’ve learned along the way.

Here are some key insights we discussed 👇

Belonging vs. Fitting In

We unpacked Brené Brown’s powerful idea: belonging means embracing your authentic self, while fitting in forces you to conform. ↳ Takeaway: Your values are your compass — stay true to them.

Aligning values with your work

Moving from Netflix to Coursera was about more than a career shift — it was a deliberate choice to connect my work with meaningful impact.

When your values guide your career, the result is both fulfilling and impactful!

evariherd·Dec 05

I'm not trying to be negative with this response, but pragmatic.While I'm glad you could find a good fit for your situation/needs/desires,I would say, a good majority of the working population does not achieve working and earning their paycheck, in a place with 'meaningful impact', or working in an area that aligns with their values. You, as a worker, strive to find this, but I think reality errs on the side of less common, than what you'd hope for.We all want to 'belong', but the topic of 'fitting in' is *extremely* subjective to the environment you are entering at your place of employment.Cheers to you and your path forward,E

ChetanaDeorah·Dec 06

E (Evarihard),I truly appreciate your balancing pragmatic sharing as I lived it myself from the early years of my own career! The questions led me to focus more on work life over past 4-5 years as oppose to details of the 15 years prior. I worked through my sense of being by trying to fit in at a few workplaces and yes it was subjective to my contextual situations and type of compromise or not.Not much changed with places I worked at in order to feel a sense of belonging. The change was driven by and practice took much support and effort to bring belonging as a priority in my job choice.Thank you for listening the podcast and sharing

ChetanaDeorah·Dec 06

Without me involved in the execution of this post, some more insights on belonging and fitting herehttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/ekaterina-syuma_belonging-is-being-accepted-for-who-you-really-activity-7270814108847951872-Ip5V?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios