617 - Advice like "just be yourself" is holding you back

New Mindset, Who Dis?

Case Kenny

Motivation, Selfhelp, Mindset, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Wellness, Relationships, Mental Health, Inspiration, Personaldevelopment, Society & Culture

4.9 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode, I talk about how we get in our own way by only trying to "be ourselves." I talk about why you can’t discover who you are if you’re stuck in the rut of who you’ve always been. My book, "That's Bold of you" is available on Amazon. Instagram: @case.kenny

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the new Mindset Who-This podcast. My name is Case Kenny at
0:06.2	Case. Cany on Instagram and this is my weekly podcast where I create short no-BS episodes
0:12.0	dedicated to helping you become the person you're meant to be leave
0:15.6	your comfort zone and live a purposeful and fulfilling life.
0:19.6	Let's go. Oh, All right. Welcome to episode 617. Hello my friend. Welcome to a fresh new episode of new mindset who this as always
0:55.9	Thank you so much for listening. Thank you for supporting me and today I want to talk about why maybe just just maybe, despite all the well-intentioned advice, despite a lot of my writing,
1:07.0	a lot of my mindsets that I've come up with, why maybe you shouldn't always try to just be yourself.
1:14.1	Right, that's what most advice says.
1:15.5	Just be yourself.
1:16.4	Just be yourself.
1:17.1	And if anyone doesn't like it, they're not for you.
1:19.2	Maybe the goal shouldn't be that.
1:21.6	Maybe the goal shouldn't be to pigeonhole yourself into this one version of you because maybe that's
1:26.4	outdated. Maybe you're meant for more or different different than quote yourself. This idea of the ideal version of who you are and if you
1:37.0	deviate from it you're not being true to yourself. Maybe you should switch it up a bit.
1:41.8	Maybe the best advice you can take right now
1:44.0	is don't be yourself.
1:45.8	And what I mean by this is most advice, again,
1:48.4	in wellness, in self-development,
1:50.0	says the same thing.
1:52.0	Just be yourself. Case, just be yourself and the rest will take care of itself.
1:57.9	And don't get me wrong, I do think that in most contexts that is the purpose of life and it is good advice like I think it is indeed
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