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Karen Horney

4 essays where Karen Horney sits on the council. Karen weighs in on growth, self-knowledge, authenticity. Read what Karen would tell you.

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Identity

How Do You Know If You're Growing or Just Running Away?

Three thinkers on growth and escape. James says test it against what actually changes. Dostoevsky says your secret motive is waiting. Horney says the idealized self is the first thing to go.

William JamesFyodor DostoevskyKaren Horneygrowthself-knowledge

Career

What Do You Do When Getting Ahead Requires Becoming Someone You're Not?

Three thinkers on career and identity. Machiavelli says adaptation is not betrayal. Dostoevsky knows when the soul is lying. Horney asks whose "you" you're protecting.

Niccolo MachiavelliFyodor DostoevskyKaren Horneyauthenticityself-betrayal

Career

What Do You Do When the Work You're Good At Makes You Miserable?

Three thinkers on competence and misery. Aristotle says examine the relationship to the work. Watts says you made it a performance. Horney says skill and wound arrived together.

AristotleAlan WattsKaren Horneyexcellencemeaning

Identity

Why Do I Feel Like a Fraud?

Feeling like a fraud at work or in life? Horney, Maslow, and Wilde disagree about what imposter syndrome is actually protecting you from.

Karen HorneyAbraham MaslowOscar Wildeimposter-syndromeself-worthauthenticity

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