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All self-help is bullsh*t. It’s hard to choose yourself when an iceberg hits the Titanic.

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I listened to many words of advice about new doors opening when old doors close. It was comforting and sad at the same time.

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And in sifting through the myriad of voices, one thing became very clear: How and when you say something matters infinitely more than what you say as quickly as you can say it.

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Job gone, there was nothing left to define who I was except that which came purely from my heart.