Being an outsider has advantages. Action Step - Drop the labels. Any point can be advantageous (insider/outsider) Figure it out.

I like to think about this in terms of knowing where to be orthogonal to society and where not to be. I got the word from Mark Baker on Twitter but have embraced the concept for a long time. A couple of easy examples from when I was a kid would be not having a mullet or wearing acid wash jeans.

A little more serious is avoiding consumerism, not maxing out on how much house you can afford and just generally knowing when to be skeptical and open to the idea that the majority has it wrong. Plant based food is a good current example. Despite what we're told, plant based is loaded with seed oils which are obesogenic and promote inflammation, also too much soy is bad for dudes. The bioavailability of the protein is usually quite low. In might evolve to be healthier but for now, it's insanely unhealth.