Sep 19, 2026 · 7 min · 3 segments
Maybe growth is not becoming somebody new. Maybe it is reclaiming all the parts of yourself you hid in order to survive, belong or succeed. Watch or listen: https://jasondreesshow.com/assessments
Jason DreesHost
The challenging about the process part of the defragmentation is when we start to connect to those old pieces that we fragmented ourselves into, there's a lot of emotion that's trapped in those pieces.
So when you start connecting those pieces together, You have to feel the emotion that goes with them.
And most of us aren't ready to dive into that level of emotion, so we continue to avoid that.
But the thing is, the world is changing radically, especially with AI influencers, propaganda, marketing.
And the thing that's going to stands out today, the thing that's going to beat AI is authenticity.
And it's also one of the hardest things to be because being authentic basically means you're open to the world judging you for who you are, as opposed to presenting a mask or a performance.
And if they don't like the performance of the mask, that doesn't matter because it wasn't really you.
That's why I always say, and what's also with those kind of The standout world, at least the social media today, is being polarizing.
Because we've been conditioned over this crazy woke nonsense over the past 10 years of trying to get everybody to like you and make everybody be happy.
And for what I found in myself and a lot of people is we kind of dim ourselves or shape ourselves to try to get more people to like us.
Of course, success in business and money feels good, but nothing feels as good as getting yourself back.
And I always say, if you're not offending anyone, you're not being authentic enough.
If you understand the concept of fragmentation, The way we start reclaiming those parts is we start to get clear on times when we were at our best in different modes.
And when did you stop? Was there a judgment? Was there a failure? Because what I do professionally is I wake people up to play at their full potential because most people have numbed or dimmed themselves down.
The challenging about the process part of the defragmentation is when we start to connect to those old pieces that we fragmented ourselves into, there's a lot of emotion that's trapped in those pieces.
So when you start connecting those pieces together, You have to feel the emotion that goes with them.
And most of us aren't ready to dive into that level of emotion, so we continue to avoid that.
But the thing is, the world is changing radically, especially with AI influencers, propaganda, marketing.
And the thing that's going to stands out today, the thing that's going to beat AI is authenticity.
And it's also one of the hardest things to be because being authentic basically means you're open to the world judging you for who you are, as opposed to presenting a mask or a performance.
And if they don't like the performance of the mask, that doesn't matter because it wasn't really you.
That's why I always say, and what's also with those kind of The standout world, at least the social media today, is being polarizing.
Because we've been conditioned over this crazy woke nonsense over the past 10 years of trying to get everybody to like you and make everybody be happy.
And for what I found in myself and a lot of people is we kind of dim ourselves or shape ourselves to try to get more people to like us.
Of course, success in business and money feels good, but nothing feels as good as getting yourself back.
And I always say, if you're not offending anyone, you're not being authentic enough.
If you understand the concept of fragmentation, The way we start reclaiming those parts is we start to get clear on times when we were at our best in different modes.
And when did you stop? Was there a judgment? Was there a failure? Because what I do professionally is I wake people up to play at their full potential because most people have numbed or dimmed themselves down.
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