Coin collectors pay more for some coins because of a printing mistake. Your weird might be the valuable part.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

Deviation from the standard version is exactly what makes a thing distinct. Collectors pay for the error because the ordinary one is everywhere, and the same arithmetic applies to people, since the quality you are trying to sand off is often the only part of you that is not interchangeable. Fitting in has a ceiling built into it.

Name one thing about yourself you usually hide or apologise for, then use it on purpose somewhere this week. Put it in the essay, the conversation, the way you play. The people who wanted the standard version were never your audience.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which odd thing about you might turn out to be valuable?

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