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[quote=Anonymous]During college, I bumped into a famous non-fiction author in the restroom immediately after her book event.  She was on the phone with her husband, worrying about how she came across and second-guessing many of the things she said.

I was stunned that someone so successful and famous could still be so insecure.  Until that point I think I believed that there was some level of achievement and success that innoculated adults from those types of feelings.  Like a "get out of Insecurity Jail free card"  LOL.

But overhearing her conversation opened up a new type of empathy for me (everyone hurts/suffers sometimes) and helped me begin to recognize that achievement was not a magic cure for insecurities or worries.

While humanizing her in my eyes, I think I took it as a reminder to look more inside myself for validation rather than trying to guess/figure out what others thought about me.  For someone so successful, she seemed really unhappy in that moment.  (I did tell her afterwards - in the hallway - how much I enjoyed her talk and her book.  :)  )[/quote]

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