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an exclusive stylish flair, a hidden talent, even an innocent proclivity. Do not stop at one, use variety to flaunt your alter ego and penetrate your audience's minds. Your alter ego should be thought of in its absence the little tokens that you dropped inspiring the desire for you to reappear. Your alter ego, like your daily character, will benefit from the ego boost that being desired produces.

STEP 5 EFFECT A MIGRATION
Just as Yin and Yang represent opposite but complementary forces, so does your alter ego and your daily character. Thus, when incarnating your alter ego you should go places and see people that your daily character doesn't. Besides, your alter ego risks not being entertained in the social forums which your daily character frequents. Effect a social migration. Try a different club, or scratch that and waltz into a casino for a flirt with Lady Luck. Allow wanderlust to guide you and take the time to do those things you've always wanted to try but have never found the time or the guts. Joyride your new persona in a new environment; uninhibited by fear of embarrassment or rejection, latent powers within you will rise to the surface and you'll begin to lay out your legacy with a finesse that you never knew you possessed. You'll feel your character coming full circle and will learn that there are skills from alternate sides of your lifestyle that can benefit one another, building a depth of experience so prized in the modern world. Your character is built through challenges. Walking down the same yellow-brick-road everyday can never expose you to as many as venturing into the forest will.

STEP 6 SENSE THE HIBERNATION SEASON
Never forget that the daily character will always be preferentially received in the world. Alter egos are larger-than-life characters, intriguing so long as they are evanescent. Assuming your alternate persona in your daily life might attract negativity towards you for attention-seeking. So allocate time for your alter ego to hibernate. Keep your daily character and your alter ego separate and vaguely secret from each other. Colleagues and new acquaintances alike will be thrilled to discover an entire area of your life that they would never have guessed at (a great seductive tool). The alter ego should function as a kind of comic relief from the vigorous nine-to-five cycle. Ironically, you'll feel mentally fatigued if you give the alter ego unregulated reign. Together, Yin and Yang symbolize "harmony" which implies a natural synergy. As a rule of thumb, balance the daily character and the alter ego just as you'd balance business and pleasure.

Incarnating an alter ego is an enjoyable form of relaxation therapy. Like any therapy, it exists in degrees. Perhaps creating a physical alter ego is overdoing it; a cybernetic alter ego can serve your purpose just as efficiently. It all depends on you and whatever you keep repressed. The key is to occasionally unburden yourself of socio-professional limitations and give free reign to the spirit. The alter ego is especially fascinating for young professionals who have fallen early into the habit of routine, and cramped socializing space. Your alter ego can lead you into a dream-life of adventure and expose you to all the delights of leisurecraft.

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