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#37: Authenticity is the compass 🧭 - by Matt Yao

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connecting the dots on keeping it real

Since severing ties to the corporate world five months ago, I’ve been wandering through fields of uncertainty. When I first planted the seed of quitting, it felt like I was the only one with these rebellious thoughts. I would gaze at my coworkers on little Zoom tiles in an attempt to penetrate their inner thoughts. Did they also feel like most of our meetings were useless and draining? Did they also question if our work was actually meaningful? For the longest time, I suppressed these heretic beliefs to avoid trouble. I hid these “what ifs” while blending in with the herd until I ran out of…

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