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Kenny Fraser's avatar

Thanks for sharing in such an open honest way. Bit of advice from an old guy (I am 63) - it is never "done". Growing and improving yourself is for life. The good news it is fun!

Elliot Friedland's avatar

Excellent piece these sound really useful

Robert Long's avatar

I loved this piece and found it very useful. Especially Tactic #1, which I've been using to great effect. Thank you!!

As you note ("probably too early to be sure"), one limitation of self-help posts is that they're often written pretty early on in the process. A few months later, I'm curious how durable these insights and tactics have been, and how you are feeling these days.

Rick M's avatar

Very interesting (and useful piece). I am naturally pessimistic about a lot of things (and I would like to NOT be so pessimistic), so this hit home for me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic!

Zeba's avatar

Certain struggles mentioned in your article I am relating to wholeheartedly, which means I too can figure out a way to build the "ground truth" myself, for me. I apply so many self-sabotaging tactics for group validation which I now recognize as a form of protection through destruction.

Mind is weird.