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Scary Close by Donald Miller — WisdomDeck honest review

Honest review · Relationships

Scary Close

by Donald Miller

Miller on dropping the act and risking real intimacy, written on the way to marriage. Honest about performance and fear.

Read it if…

you perform in relationships and want to stop.

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Skip it if…

you want technique.

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Three things you will actually use

Impressing people is the enemy of intimacy.
Be known, not admired.
Risk it.

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Read the chapter on the manipulations we use.

Our verdict

Dropping the act.

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