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Is Not What You Are but Who You Become That Matters

Reconnect with your true self

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Gustavo Razzetti
Nov 15, 2017
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Reconnect with your true self

Our identity resembles our shadow. It changes its shape, it evolves. But it’s still ours.

“Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?” — Scott Turow

My life has been fast and furious since I quit my job six months ago.

I launched my book ‘Stretch for Change.’ and a behavior change firm. I’ve been writing every day— dozens of articles and half-way in my second book. Keynote speeches, workshops, consulting projects: I’ve been traveling a lot.

I changed what I do and why I do it, but did I change who I am?

As I looked back, I couldn’t see myself in the shadow of the man I used to be. But it was still ‘me.’ Our identity resembles our shadow. It changes its shape, it evolves. But it’s still ours.

“A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.” — Malcolm X

Change encourages self-reflection. You can’t get back in the driver’s seat of your life, without understanding who you are.

What I love about my work is that it goes beyond help…

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