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Marks by Mallory

Don't Should on People

...Yourself or Anyone Else

Mar 12, 2026
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Someone once told me, “I saw so-and-so on Facebook doing these amazing commissions. You should do that!”

At first glance the comment sounds encouraging. But when you unpack it, the message underneath is something quite different: someone else appears successful, so perhaps you should copy them so that you, too, can be successful.

That’s when I started rea…

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