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396 | The False Self

The Minimalists

CHAPTER

The Power of Purpose

Ryan Nicketini: I used to think of purpose as a possession and how where's my purpose? Milburn has his purpose. Danny Unknown, Danny Unsure, Danny Unamused. He was explaining how he realized that you don't really possess a purpose. And all of the accoutrements of your purpose, the costumes you wear, both literally and figuratively, it goes back to that line. Your identity is shaped by those costumes, but really it's shaped by the story you tell yourself.

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