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295. A Conversation with Piers Morgan

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Trap of Self Imitatery

If you can only be what you've already been, then you can't be anything new. People fall into this trap that you described of something like self mimicry. This worked for me before. Look at the effect it produced. I just do do that again. But then you're instantly false. It's like you're sacrificing your future self for whatever your past self once attained. You lose that spark that actually is likely the driving force of whatever made you attractive to begin with.

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