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About A Smart BearWe're told "be yourself" to seek happiness and success. But what if "being yourself" also means striving to become better? What is "yourself?"
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A Smart Bear · Jason Cohen
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About A Smart BearWe're told "be yourself" to seek happiness and success. But what if "being yourself" also means striving to become better? What is "yourself?"
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Treat authenticity as alignment with your core values, not loyalty to every current habit. Identify what is essential to who you are and what can evolve to make you a better founder.
Founders shape their companies through their own behavior. Separating enduring principles from changeable patterns makes personal growth possible without creating the feeling that improvement requires becoming someone else.
List three traits you consider part of your identity. For each, ask: “Does this reflect a core value worth preserving, or a behavior I could improve without betraying myself?”
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