Putting Your Name on Your Own Work Isn't Ego — It's Accuracy
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The Ghostwriter gets one thing wrong, and it’s a single belief: that taking credit means taking something — that if his name goes on the work, he’s stealing shine that belonged to the group. So he lets it drift to whoever’s standing closest. But that generosity has a cost: his manager has nothing to point to, his teammates get promoted on his work, and being seen starts to feel like exposure, so he calls invisibility modesty and never notices the bill. The reframe is simple. Putting your name on your own work isn’t taking anything from anyone — it was already yours. Staying in the story of your own work isn’t ego. It’s accuracy.
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