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| 46470d6 | Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory. | be-yourself 2014 7-7 77 address allow be-you commencement-address commencement-speech famous-people graduate jim-carey jim-carrey maharishi maharishi-university shine-bright shine-on light risk inspiring inspirational actor pleaser mum acceptance shine actors graduation glory shine-your-light pleasing-others pleasing hiding hide | Jim Carrey | |
| 768e777 | "Yet being in the spotlight is also dangerous because a child's success may be construed by a narcissistic mother as competition. In self-defense, a son or daughter may insist that any achievement is a fluke, and any award is undeserved or is really a tribute to their mother. They suppress their own healthy narcissism to please a mother . . they believe any success is a mistake and at any moment they will be "found out" and identified as a fake or a fraud. The mind-set is, "I am succeeding because I can fake excellence, but inside I am not really worthy or not really able." Such self-effacement is common in people who are pressured to excel and also primed to assure others . . . that they are subservient and inferior." | pleasing-others narcissism worthy pleasing mother | Terri Apter | |
| ba1be1e | The results of my work don't have much to do with me. I can only be in charge of producing the work itself. That's a hard enough job. I refuse to take on additional jobs, such as trying to police what anybody thinks about my work once it leaves my desk. | pleaser opinions-of-others others-opinions what-others-think what-will-others-think will-people-like-it will-they-like-it pleasing-others pleasing | Elizabeth Gilbert |