DIFFERENT STRIPES

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Deep-dive

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A candid conversation with the mirror is good. But beyond the superficial (and being comfortable with it), is an awareness that is more of an introspection. A preview of how you react to stimuli. A peek at what makes you respond in a way others don’t. And, above all, an understanding of why you behave the way you do.

We are all a sum total of our experiences. These experiences have coloured and shaped our lives in ways that are unique. These are the experiences that define us. They have added a wrapping to our already differentiated DNAs and they have moulded us into individuals.

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A-game

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The biggest reward is to surprise yourself by what you can pull off on a challenge. Or by what you are willing to give up in deference to your ethical code. Or by what rules you set for yourself and play by along the way. The journey is as much a discovery as the destination. If you stop to think, you’ll find you explored something new about yourself in the process. And you liked it.

Is the aftertaste of success better than what you imagined? Remember, you don’t need to describe it to the world. After all tastes differ. And there’s a reason we all order different things from the same menu.

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Me-dom

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Me-dom is freedom. You were born to be the best version of you. That doesn’t come easy. On the one hand, you’ve got to work at honing and polishing those distinctive advantages. On the other, you’ve got to rise above the bar of common perception set for you. It’s the perfect inflection point for you to go out there and set yourself free. To explore, to enjoy, to experience the power your potential.

There are without doubt presumptions you may have to challenge, premises you have to change, but if you set out to do just that, it is a recipe for failure. If you set out to be always at your A-game, that is something else.

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Un-box

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Often you find the world operating within mental clusters of people of a certain demographic or psychographic. And before you know it, you feel you’ve been put in a box. Suddenly you’re a miniscule part of a wide brushstroke and you’ve not just been painted in but painted into a corner. You’re now one of many – and it is an assumption that the many think as one.

There are these subsets of society we are supposed to neatly fit into, categories we unquestioningly need to conform to. A lot now depends on you and how you respond.

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