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When achieving goals reveals they weren't authentically yours

I got the job I thought I wanted and I'm miserable but everyone keeps congratulating me and I don't know how to tell them this isn't who I am.

Juana
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The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're confronting the painful realization that you've been pursuing someone else's definition of success rather than your own.

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