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Nice one about ‘humility’ and ‘friendship surprise.’ These are big word and phrase that tends to seemingly corroborates. However, on whichever platform we tend to create, both words are far so good and important. Like I saying that do come to my memory as: “Whatever cabinet you find yourself, use it judiciously.” Hhm! On a nice track you are!😊

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The essay on humility is fantastic Doc. Really hits the nail on the head.

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Thanks! I’m glad you liked it! Humility is something that’s been big on my mind lately, and I think I’ll be writing a bit more about it in coming essays.

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My old therapist once told me that arrogance and self-doubt were two sides of the same coin - it's often said that cocky people are frequently concealing insecurity, but it's much less often remarked on that a lot of light-under-a-bushel people are secretly arrogant ('If I *was* doing something with my gifts, it'd be a lot better than what that hack over there does').

Prompted me to write this essay, you may be interested: https://smalldarklight.substack.com/p/beyond-arrogance-and-self-doubt

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Nate in Ted Lasso strikes me as a perfect example of this dynamic.

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