Book Review: Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck
Lessons from a Quitter
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The Importance of the Social Self
The essential self is the true essence of who you are deep down. The social self is the part of you that learns to value things that were valued by the people around you. When these two systems can function together and communicate, it's wonderful. But that doesn't typically happen, right? Because most of us end up valuing the social self so much more we let it basically like, cannibalize our essential self.
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