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Unless You’re Oprah, ‘Be Yourself’ Is Terrible Advice. (2016) (nytimes.com)
7 points by sherilm on April 17, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Silly title. Nietzsche wrote “Become Who You Are” about 150 years ago. What he meant was to accept life’s challenges as if you had invited them. Not to compare yourself to others. And, ultimately, to make each decision in your life in such a way that, if you’d be asked to live that same life again and again, with nothing changed, you’d say hell yes!




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