Sunday Firesides: Don't Be Authentic; Be Artificial

I’ve long thought the encouragement to “be yourself” was peculiarly bad advice.

Because what self are we talking about, exactly?

If I feel the urge to lounge on the couch all day, subsist primarily on Double Stuf Oreos, and punch a rude customer service rep in the mouth, that’s part of my “self,” but I don’t think following those inclinations will lead me…