When Your Job Title Starts to Define You | E10d

For many successful leaders, the job title becomes more than a role.. it becomes an identity.In this Tech Byte from the Tech Leaders Untold podcast, Saurajit Kanungo reflects on a pressure few executives talk about openly: how power, status, and success can quietly blur the line between who you are and what you do.As a president of a 400-person tech company, Saurajit has lived the weight of leadership firsthand. Massive decisions. Real power. Constant expectations. And with that comes a risk many leaders underestimate; allowing the title to define their sense of worth.In this clip, he shares a deeply personal mindset shift that helped him step outside his role and see himself differently. By creating what he calls an “out-of-body experience,” Saurajit learned to separate the person from the position and rediscover who he is beyond the job: a father, a husband, a son, and a friend.He also unpacks a powerful idea from Arthur Brooks’ From Strength to Strength: the “striver’s curse.” The drive that fuels success can also make it fleeting, leaving leaders chasing the next win and feeling like anything less is failure.Through examples from sports legends like Tiger Woods and Roger Federer, Saurajit reminds us that success is never constant… and that detaching from titles and outcomes isn’t weakness. It’s grounding. And, ultimately, it makes leaders more human, more resilient, and more effective.