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Consider this thought: at its core, who and what you are is a unique human being; youruniqueness lies in the bundle of talents, gifts, weaknesses, and personality traits thatyou were either born with or developed as you grew up. You would be this person ifyou lost or changed your occupation, and even if you lost or changed your humanrelationships. You would be this person if all of that was taken away from you, and youwere all alone on the other side of the world.What would your closest friend or relative say at your funeral about who you were? Is itpossible that your occupation wouldn't be in the top 5 things they would mention?Perhaps not even the top 10 or 20?If, as noted above, Coach K considers himself a "leader that also happens to coachbasketball," then what traits make up you (who also happens to be a lawyer)? Are youcreative, smart, curious, passionate, faithful, art-loving, history-loving, science-loving,service-loving, compassionate, adventurous, etc.? The possibilities are endless. Andonly you, and perhaps your closest friends and family, know how to answer thatquestion. But asking -- and answering -- the question is critical.If your answer is "I'm a creative, arts-loving person that happens to be a lawyer," thenhow much of your life are you committing to the part that is creative and arts-loving?What are you doing to balance the part of you that is your "day job"? While that jobhelps to pay the bills and to support you and your family, it does not define who you are.Why let it encompass so much of your waking life that you leave no room to explore thegreat, wide world with everything else that you have to offer?13