two kinds of stories (there are others) 1. stories about large things: where and why a culture exists 2. stories about personal things: where and why a person exists and what their role is suspicion is a culture may be characterized by prevalence of members of these sets
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Hmm, as a former Midwesterner maybe you have some insight. How do you excise the tall poppy syndrome story from your narrative? I was reading Selene's HUN thread and struck by deep status anxiety stuff when thinking about how cool it sounded to attend.
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On reflection I realized I could either oversell what I do/who I am or undersell it, and I always choose to undersell. The thought of making myself sound better than I am has a deep rooted fear attached which cripples accurate self assessment. Very irksome.
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audentes fortuna iuvat https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zRPAXp9h1t8 …
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what if you need to chase that new story high
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I think this is good but gotta prepare for failure! Most stories dont work
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