#59: Hold your nose and do the scary thing
The Academic Imperfectionist
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The Risks of Self-Improvement Advice
Telling ourselves something like, I don't need to feel uncomfortable about applying for this promotion can be something reassuring and supportive. But when we find that we still feel unconfident and stressed about asserting ourselves, we end up dejected and feeling like there's something wrong with us. Even good, sensible self-improvement advice isn't a magic wand. It's not that you'll never be capable of changing things at the emotional level, it's just that your rational self will need to remind your emotional self hundreds, or maybe thousands of times that she's got things wrong before you start to see positive changes.
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