"It might sound morbid, but it’s worth beginning with the end in mind. Specifically, your funeral. Simply ask yourself: “What would I feel good about someone saying in my eulogy?” Think about what you’d like a family member, a close friend, a distant relative, or a co-worker, to say at your funeral. This method helps … Continue reading The Eulogy Method is Bunk
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The Self: Presented, Perceived & Real
Read, "Didi" by Amber Caron reprinted on the Electric Literature website as "A Teenage Girl is a Funhouse Mirror," and I liked it quite a bit. I thought I'd reference it here because I can imagine referring to it again in the future. The key takeaway that I took from it is that it is … Continue reading The Self: Presented, Perceived & Real
Privacy is For Finding Out Who We Are When We Are Not Performing Ourselves
"Privacy is essential to human agency and dignity. Denying someone privacy—even when it’s as seemingly small as a parent who won’t let their kid close the door—has a corrosive effect, eroding trust as well as our sense of interiority. When we scale up the individual to a body politic, it is the private sphere that’s … Continue reading Privacy is For Finding Out Who We Are When We Are Not Performing Ourselves
Dunning-Kruger Effect = Satisfaction
"...people with the biggest gap between their abilities and their view of [themselves] say they have the highest levels of satisfaction with their life, career and relationships. “People who report being more adjusted are those who have a combination of relatively lower true abilities and actual higher views of themselves,” says Stéphane Côté, a social … Continue reading Dunning-Kruger Effect = Satisfaction
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