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How peer support groups can break out of performative success sharing

I'm in a monthly CEO peer group where we're supposed to share real challenges but everyone just talks about their wins and growth numbers and I'm dealing with serious cash flow issues and considering layoffs but I don't want to be the only one admitting I'm struggling. The whole thing has become a performance of success rather than actual peer support and I think other people feel the same way but we're all too afraid to be vulnerable first.

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The group meant to support you has become a show of success, and you're scared to be the first to admit you're struggling.

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