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Dr. Aziz examines the belief that you must become something different to earn approval, respect, or love from others. He argues you can receive those things by being authentic instead, without adopting a persona.
Dr. Aziz examines the belief that you must become something different to earn approval, respect, or love from others. He argues you can receive those things by being authentic instead, without adopting a persona.
That pressure that we put on ourselves socially, professionally, around other people is, I have to be something to get something, right? So in order to get a positive response, get approval, get connection, get them to want to talk to me, to respect me, to love me, to admire me, to even value me, To get that, I have to be something. And the freedom is, oh, I don't— what if I don't have to be something other than what I am right now in order to get something?
