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I am what I think I am. It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation

of somebody else's life with perfection. Bhagavad Gita 335.

In 1902 the sociologist Charles Horton Kruly wrote,

I am not what I think I am and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.

Let that blow your mind for a moment. Our identity is wrapped up in what others think of us

or more accurately what we think others think of us. Not only is our self-image tied up in how

we think others see us but most of our efforts at self-improvement are really just us trying to

meet that imagined ideal. If we think someone we admire sees wealth as success then we chase wealth

to impress that person. If we imagine that a friend is judging our looks we tailor our appearance

in response. In West Side Story Maria meets a boy who's into her. What's her very next song?

I feel pretty. As of this writing the world's only triple best actor Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis

has acted in just six films since 1998. He prepares for each role extensively immersing himself

completely in his character. For the role of Bill the Butcher in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New

York he trained as a Butcher spoke with the thick Irish accent on and off set and hired circus

performers to teach him how to throw knives and that's only the beginning. He wore only authentic

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