Dear unlearners,
The world isn't broken. It just values different things in different places
You're a 10 in your small town. Everyone knows your name. You're the successful one, the good-looking one, the one people point to.
Then you move to New York. Suddenly, you're a 5. Maybe a 6 on a good day.
Same person. Different pond. Different scale.
Every community has its own rating system.
Your hometown values being friendly and showing up to everything.
New York values edge and achievement.
Silicon Valley values innovation and network connections.
Your college campus valued being popular and fun.
Graduate school values being smart and curious.
The mistake we make is expecting our rating from one place to transfer everywhere else.
The small-town star thinks their charm should work on Wall Street.
The Ivy League graduate assumes their degree impresses everyone.
The Instagram model expects her looks to command respect in the boardroom.
It doesn't work that way.
When your rating drops, you have two choices.
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