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Why Your Individualist Mindset Might be Hurting You

“I am myself. Nobody understands me. I am different and special.”

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Joe Gibson
Nov 26, 2024
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“I am myself. Nobody understands me. I am different and special.”

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For much of my life I have always felt like an outsider: like everyone was given an instruction manual on how to navigate life and how to do it well and mine got lost in the mail.

Everything I did as a kid I did on my own. My favourite pastimes were reading bo…

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