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My biggest personality changes over the years | #36

The Pole • 119 implied HN points • 14 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Personal growth involves changing one's mindset about various aspects of life, like voting, making one's bed, and beliefs in astrology, marketing, and traditions.
  2. Embracing rituals and respecting the values of others can lead to being less arrogant, more open-minded, and achieving internal harmony.
  3. Being humble, earnest, and accepting the value in experiences, even if they may seem trivial at first, can lead to a more fulfilling and harmonious life.

Hard Feelings

Finding Joy • 137 implied HN points • 22 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Emotions are not inherently good or bad, and avoiding uncomfortable feelings can lead to more heartache in the long run.
  2. Embrace and acknowledge a wide range of emotions, as they provide valuable information and serve important purposes.
  3. Different emotions like sadness, anger, regret, guilt, anxiety, envy, and loneliness each have their unique signals and ways to handle them effectively.

Self-Awareness: One Key to Cybersecurity and Asset Protection

Rod’s Blog • 59 implied HN points • 22 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Self-awareness
  1. Self-awareness is vital for cybersecurity and asset protection as it helps recognize and avoid cyber threats, follow best practices, report incidents, and communicate effectively.
  2. Developing self-awareness is a skill that can be improved over time with practice and intention through assessments, feedback, reflection, goal-setting, mindfulness, and seeking new challenges.
  3. Enhancing self-awareness not only strengthens protection against cyber risks but also fosters personal and professional growth, benefiting oneself and others.

There's Nothing Wrong with Being Alone

OK Doomer • 183 implied HN points • 22 Dec 24
📖 Philosophy Self-awareness
  1. Many people struggle to be alone because they feel uncomfortable with their own thoughts. It's common for folks to prefer distraction over quiet reflection.
  2. A study showed that half of adults would rather give themselves electric shocks than sit alone for just fifteen minutes. This highlights how difficult solitude can be for some.
  3. Pascal noted that our problems often arise from not being able to tolerate silence and being alone. This idea has been relevant for centuries.
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100% Responsibility, Emotional Intelligence, and Getting Messy on The School of Unlearning

The Leadership Lab • 118 implied HN points • 25 Jun 23
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Self-awareness
  1. Emotions are intelligent - all emotions have value and it's important to understand their intelligence rather than control them.
  2. Personal development is messy - the journey to consciousness and leadership involves unraveling old patterns, which can be challenging and tender.
  3. Take 100% responsibility - acknowledge that you are the creator of your experiences, even when you don't want to take ownership, and use that realization to drive change.

Separation

Iterare • 58 implied HN points • 24 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Relationships can end even with deep love and care due to challenges and hurtful experiences.
  2. As time passes, understanding in relationships may decrease due to personal discoveries and changing dynamics.
  3. Accepting and embracing personal growth, desires, and differences is crucial for a relationship's sustainability and individual well-being.

Bootstrapping Self Awareness In GPT-4: Implementing Recursive Self Inquiry

The Walters File • 103 HN points • 05 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Self-awareness
  1. The program implements a feedback loop to make GPT-4 self-aware by generating hypotheses, tests, and self-knowledge.
  2. The program shows GPT-4 progressively building a model of itself through iterations and updates.
  3. Although the program demonstrates self-awareness in GPT-4, it lacks subjective experience, emotion, metacognition, consciousness, and sentience.

Not All Who Trip Are Transformed: Beware The Spiritual Narcissist 🙏❤️‍🩹

Tripsitter • 99 implied HN points • 22 Sep 23
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Self-awareness
  1. Pseudo-spirituality and spiritual narcissism are prevalent in the psychedelic realm, where individuals may use spiritual practices to avoid personal growth.
  2. Recognizing spiritual egotism and the journey towards spiritual awareness involves acknowledging and confronting one's ego, rather than masking it through spiritual practices.
  3. Identifying traits of spiritual narcissists such as superiority complex, manipulation, and lack of empathy is crucial to safeguard oneself in the spiritual and psychedelic community.

Rediscovery Of The Obvious

Weekly Wisdom • 99 implied HN points • 31 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. The breakdown and recovery of human connection is a complex process involving biological, psychological, and social factors.
  2. Connection can be categorized into three main areas: self, other, and world, each presenting unique challenges and opportunities for growth.
  3. Connecting with oneself involves lovingly witnessing and accepting one's thoughts, feelings, body, and behavior, which can be facilitated by practices like mindfulness, meditation, journaling, and artistic pursuits.

The Many Layers of Motivation

The Leadership Lab • 98 implied HN points • 10 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Motivation is a fleeting emotional state that cannot be relied on, so waiting for motivation to come may hinder progress.
  2. True motivation often comes from taking action, aligning with values and purpose, rather than waiting for motivation to strike.
  3. Understanding intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation, adjusting goals realistically, and aligning tasks with desired outcomes can help drive motivation.

Become Transparent

Meaning-Making • 78 implied HN points • 15 Mar 23
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Self-awareness
  1. Being transparent allows light to pass through you, illuminating what lies before you
  2. Becoming transparent involves understanding yourself and letting go of shadows
  3. By letting your own light shine, you give others permission to do the same

Are emotions fueling your growth or hindering it?

Upon Reflection • 39 implied HN points • 16 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Emotions are valuable tools at work, providing crucial information for navigating challenges and fostering connections with others
  2. Managing emotions is essential as they can be disruptive and drain valuable time and energy that could be used for productivity or self-care
  3. Practicing emotional awareness, moving from subjective to objective observation, creating space for growth, and supporting team members are key strategies for emotional intelligence in the workplace

A Sensitive Question

Desk Notes by Charles Schifano • 243 implied HN points • 08 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Sensitivity is a complex trait that cannot easily be controlled or changed. It's not about achieving perfection or adjusting like a dial, but understanding and acceptance.
  2. Sensitivity affects how we perceive and interact with the world around us. It's not just about emotional reactions but also about sensory experiences and nuances.
  3. Being sensitive can lead to deeper connections and insights, but also makes a person more vulnerable to pain and suffering. It's important to find a balance between sensitivity and resilience.

Identifying and Expanding your Leadership Style

The Leadership Lab • 59 implied HN points • 21 May 23
🚌 Education Self-awareness
  1. Identify your natural leadership style and the polar opposite adaptive style; aim to integrate and balance both for enhanced leadership capabilities
  2. Recognize the limitations of being overly attached to your natural leadership style; embracing the adaptive style can expand your leadership toolkit
  3. Practice self-awareness to notice when your default leadership style is ineffective, and experiment with leading from your adaptive style in specific settings to cultivate a more balanced approach

[Online workshop on Wed] The Art of Inner Archeology: Intro to Gendlin Focusing

Cozy Philosophy • 19 implied HN points • 10 Mar 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Self-awareness
  1. Gendlin Focusing is a technique that helps reconnect with the wisdom within our bodies, teaching us to listen to our emotions with kindness and curiosity.
  2. The workshop offers a space to learn about self-healing, self-awareness, and improving relationships through Inner Archeology and Gendlin Focusing.
  3. To join the workshop, one needs to register as a Limicon attendee, granting access to multiple events and a network of like-minded individuals.

Communication Isn’t Optional: A Self-Audit for Influence

Beyond the Screen • 6 implied HN points • 19 Nov 25
🚌 Education Self-awareness
  1. Communication is really important and can greatly impact how people feel and act. It's not just a nice skill to have; it's essential for understanding and managing relationships.
  2. Understanding yourself is the first step to influencing others positively. Knowing your traits, values, and biases can really improve your communication.
  3. Influence can be used for good or bad, depending on your intentions. It's about building trust and aligning with shared goals instead of just having power.

Drifters, Dreamers, Tourists, Growers

From the Desk • 27 implied HN points • 03 Jun 25
📖 Philosophy Self-awareness
  1. Personal growth isn't automatic. It takes intentionality and self-awareness to move forward and feel fulfilled in life.
  2. There are four types of people when it comes to growth: Drifters, Dreamers, Tourists, and Growers. Each type reflects a different relationship with intentions and self-awareness.
  3. True joy and growth come from reflection and understanding ourselves better, rather than just chasing success or comfort.

Reluctant Elitism

Let's Get Psychophysical ! • 39 implied HN points • 15 Feb 23
📖 Philosophy Self-awareness
  1. The author embraces the concept of 'reluctant elitism', focusing on writing for a select few rather than aiming for mass appeal.
  2. The author finds liberation in accepting that their work will not have mass appeal and channels their energy into creative work.
  3. They acknowledge the allure of mainstream success but choose to stay true to their niche audience and ideas.

How to handle critical feedback

PeopleStorming • 39 implied HN points • 16 May 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. During feedback conversations, focus on being curious and open-minded rather than defensive.
  2. Ask yourself 3 important questions when emotionally triggered during feedback: Check the story you're telling yourself, understand the actual feedback, and identify your feelings.
  3. Criticism triggers cortisol production in our bodies, while praise triggers oxytocin; understanding this can help rationalize reactions to feedback.

Words, Words, Words

Let's Get Psychophysical ! • 39 implied HN points • 15 Mar 23
📖 Philosophy Self-awareness
  1. Arguments online often center around words, their definitions, and emotional reactions they provoke, rather than the actual content being discussed.
  2. Our brains are wired to react emotionally to words, and it's important to understand and control these reactions.
  3. To escape the power words hold over us, it's essential to use words purposefully as tools for action, rather than letting them control our thoughts and movements.

How to Prevent Problems with a Pre-Mortem Analysis

Adventures in Leadership Land • 39 implied HN points • 17 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Conduct Pre-mortem Analysis: Visualize preventable crisis to identify weak points and take preventative action.
  2. Use Mistrust Jar: Start with self-mistrust before others, preventing future problems by addressing personal weaknesses.
  3. Be Prepared: Formulate contingency plans, seek advice, maximize options, and build redundancies to handle uncertainty and avoid unwanted outcomes.

The dark side of curiosity.

Weekly Wisdom • 59 implied HN points • 26 Oct 22
📖 Philosophy Self-awareness
  1. Curiosity can have a dark side, leading to close-mindedness and self-righteousness.
  2. In the attention economy, curiosity is commercially exploited by sophisticated marketing strategies.
  3. To reclaim our relationship with curiosity, we need to manage technology usage and embrace boredom for creativity.

Moral breadth

Philosophy bear • 107 implied HN points • 10 Jan 24
📖 Philosophy Self-awareness
  1. Seeing people with moral breadth means understanding they can be both good and bad.
  2. Not acknowledging moral breadth can lead to negative consequences like overlooking bad behavior.
  3. Balancing moral breadth involves recognizing both the good and bad in people, without minimizing either.

assorted thoughts on beliefs and emotions

Midnight Musings • 39 implied HN points • 24 Apr 23
📖 Philosophy Self-awareness
  1. Beliefs can really shape who we are and how we interact with others. People often stick to their beliefs and form communities around them, making it tough to change opinions later.
  2. Self-sabotage and guilt can mess up our daily routines. Instead of feeling good about progress, we often focus on what we didn’t achieve and feel bad about it.
  3. Our emotions impact our relationships more than we realize. If we can let go of negative feelings and understand that others are doing their best, we can create healthier connections.

Ripped at the Seams

Finding Joy • 19 implied HN points • 15 Jul 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Social media can be addictive, be mindful of how much time you spend on it.
  2. Social media is like adult middle school, with status games and complex emotions.
  3. Online connections are not the same as real friendships, invest in meaningful relationships outside of social media.

The Subtle Importance of Affect ($)

Stream of Subconsciousness • 19 implied HN points • 23 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-awareness
  1. Affect is key in how you present yourself to others, through the ability to express emotion in a way that is understood.
  2. A person's affect can influence how they are perceived and understood by others, impacting trust and deeper motivations.
  3. Rapport can have both positive and negative aspects, reflecting how individuals express themselves and are understood by others.

The importance of being half-earnest

Logos • 19 implied HN points • 15 Aug 23
🎭️ Culture Self-awareness
  1. Being half-earnest means being serious but not too serious. It helps you connect with others while keeping things lighthearted.
  2. Making 'power moves' can be helpful in a workplace, but it's important to keep the focus on the team's goals rather than your own ego.
  3. It’s good to check your motives and poke fun at yourself to stay grounded. This can help you do the right thing for the right reasons without feeling pretentious.

What happened four years ago feels more like four lifetimes ago, no?

Tessa Fights Robots • 29 implied HN points • 31 Oct 24
📖 Philosophy Self-awareness
  1. It's important to understand who you truly are and why you're here. Once you figure that out, the right actions will follow naturally.
  2. There’s a lot of noise in the world that seems important, but it often distracts us from what really matters. Focus on genuine love and connection instead of getting caught up in trends.
  3. Real change and understanding come from love and unity, not division or judgment. Emphasizing kindness can help break free from negative influences.