Adii Pienaar on being yourself:

Society shapes us. Different situations influences the way we act. The people we’re with have different requirements of us.

It’s hard to consistently just be yourself when you are being pulled in so many different directions. But that’s also why it’s the ultimate compliment when you do the things that are true to yourself.

Adii is a designer so the context is related to coding. But there’s a lot more good advice in his post that transfers to just about any situation. It’s a good reminder. This last quote is pretty important to me because the term in question is something I look for quite a lot:

…best practice needs to be the best for others and the best for you. Otherwise it’s just practice.