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The personal development vortex: ‘Becoming my best self is completely exhausting’
by Amanda Cassidy
09th Jan 2024
09th Jan 2024
With a new self-improvement podcast around every corner and self-help books adorning the tables at bookshops this month, it’s never been easier to upgrade your skills, perfect your practice and work on new talents. But the constant message that we are somehow not good enough, doesn’t sit well with everyone. Amanda Cassidy reports.
There’s a scene in the movie, The Matrix that always comes to mind when I consider personal development. Neo asks Trinity if she can fly a helicopter. “Not yet,’ she laments, while calling HQ to ask the operator to upload the programme to fly a B21-2 helicopter. A few clicks of the keys later and the information Trinity needs is immediately uploaded to her brain. ‘Ok, let’s go’ she nods to Neo a few seconds...
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