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More self-help, less personality

said by Tamir Barzilai

“For a while I would be obsessed with self-help books and this and that. And I realized the more self-help books I read, the less of a personality I had.”

Tamir's confession, which Colin immediately agrees with.

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the elixir of authenticityEp 7 · with Colin Gerrard
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Tamir Barzilai

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Self-help as veneer

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