Do Be Do Be Do …Redoux

I have been having a running dialog with colleagues for several years no on the idea of “being” vs. the idea of “doing”.
I have heard things like:
– “It’s not what you do that defines you.”
– “We are not our work.”
– “Be the success you want and it will happen”
I see a bit of truth in all of these statements, BUT I don’t think it is complete. I call it the do be do be do paradox. …