This chapter delves into the resistance people face when admitting their shortcomings and the social stigma attached to wanting to improve in certain areas of life. It explores the concept of the backwards law and emphasizes the importance of not letting the fear of being a 'try hard' prevent personal growth.
What do you do when trying to improve your life makes you feel worse? What if trying to be better comes across as ‘try-hard’? What if setting more goals is just your way of avoiding your own bullshit?
This is the topic of discussion in today’s episode, “The Self-Improvement Paradox”—or in other words, why sometimes trying to be better makes you feel worse. It turns out improving yourself is nuanced and complicated.
Who would have thought?
Check it out.