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Hey Reader,

Every January comes with the same quiet pressure.

Start over.
Rebuild.
Become someone new.

You see it everywhere. New versions of people who swear this is the year everything finally changes.

But here’s the question most people don’t stop to ask:

What if the problem isn’t that you haven’t reinvented yourself yet?

What if it’s that you keep trying to?

Most change efforts don’t fail because of laziness or lack of discipline. They fail because they require you to become a different person instead of working with the one you already are.

I wrote an article about why constant reinvention is exhausting, why it rarely sticks, and what actually creates sustainable change instead. It’s not about lowering standards. It’s about choosing alignment over pressure and refinement over dramatic resets.

If you’ve ever felt like January asks you to erase yourself before you’re allowed to grow….


Want a shortcut version? I created this infographic below to give you a quick summary.

May this be the year you grow by honoring who you already are.

Regards,

Donna Franklin West, MHA, PMP, CSM

CEO, The Virtual PM

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