It’s Not All About You

Just be your unique self. Fewer people are paying attention than you think.

Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1903 (public domain - Wikipedia)

“There results what practically is a division of the man into several selves; and this may be a discordant splitting, as where one is afraid to let one set of his acquaintances know him as he is elsewhere.” — William James, 1890

Did you ever feel ashamed to be yourself — that simply by doing your unique thing, you don’t fit in?

Even though we have the encouragement of Mister Rogers assuring us “I like you just the way you are,” we’re comforted by the normalcy that conformity affords us.

We want to be accepted and acceptable, but we fear that our differences make us undesirable. 

The Spotlight Effect should help dissuade you of that notion.