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Your Dark Side Isn’t the Problem—It’s the Answer
Most professionals try to bury the parts of themselves they’re ashamed of—envy, anger, desire, even pettiness. But repression doesn’t erase them. It makes them stronger. The path to fulfillment isn’t in hiding your dark side, but in integrating it. Here’s how facing what you fear most inside yourself can unlock the trust, intimacy, and leadership you’ve been searching for.
The Moral Case for Ethical Seduction & Why It’s Necessary for Connection | (#056) Beyond Success: Psychology & Philosophy for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.
There are two strategies most men deploy when they’re dating, but insecure. Either they try the “Nice Guy” approach or its opposite, the pickup artist approach.
But even though these strategies are polar opposites, they suffer the same moral flaw of concealment. Whenever you put on a mask over yourself, you sever the possibility of authentic connection.
The solution?
Stop Hiding: How to Turn Guilt Into Growth (Without Shame Dragging You Down) | (#055) Beyond Success: Philosophy & Psychology for Achievers, with David Tian, Ph.D.
What do you do after you fall short of your values? If you’re like most of us, you deflect, you hide, and you collapse into toxic shame that severs your self-trust and self-respect.
But there’s another way to deal with your failures that can actually improve your relationship with yourself and others.
This other way?