Stop Trying to Find Yourself — It’s Not the Key to a Fulfilling Life.
<p>A man I worked with was on a self-improvement bender.</p>
<p>He’d been through a devastating marriage breakup, moved to a new country and wanted a fresh start.</p>
<p>He had enough money that he didn’t need to work immediately so he’d given himself six months for the project that was Him.</p>
<p>First stop, the gym.</p>
<p>Second stop, therapy.</p>
<p>Now, I always applaud people who want to understand more about who they are — why they think, feel and act in the ways they do. That, after all, is the essence of therapy.</p>
<p>But it makes me nervous when someone puts their life on hold to work on themselves. Mostly because it loads the process with expectation, it holds it to an outcome.</p>
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