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What It Actually Means to Choose Yourself (It Is Not What the Internet Told You)

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    What It Actually Means to Choose Yourself (It Is Not What the Internet Told You)

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  2. The insight — The concept of choosing yourself has been flattened into a self-help slogan. This piece recovers the actual psycholog...

    The concept of choosing yourself has been flattened into a self-help slogan. This piece recovers the actual psycholog...

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  3. The truth — What It Actually Means to Choose Yourself (It Is Not What the Internet Told You)

    The truth about what it actually means to choose yourself (it is not what the internet told you)

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  4. Key takeaway — The concept of choosing yourself has been flattened into a self-help slogan. This piece recovers the actual psycholog...

    The concept of choosing yourself has been flattened into a self-help slogan. This piece recovers the actual psycholog...

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The concept of choosing yourself has been flattened into a self-help slogan. This piece recovers the actual psychological weight of the phrase: what it means neurologically, relationally, and…

 

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