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The Expectation Gap, #RealTalk: “New Year, New Me” is a Piece of Sh*t

The Expectation Gap, #RealTalk: “New Year, New Me” is a Piece of Sh*t

… Or just a marketing ploy.

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Rachel Clifton
Dec 31, 2017
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… Or just a marketing ploy.

Bottom line:

  • You can’t become someone else without losing yourself.

So why aren’t you good enough the way you are?

A question:

  • Why do you need to “become someone else” to be a better person, full stop?

Spoiler alert: that was rhetorical.

You don’t.

What you need to do is evaluate what makes you, you, such that you can harness it to b…

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