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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Maybe you're right. I'm certainly not an expert by any means.

The point I was trying to make is that we have a tendency to see ourselves in a biased way. We lie to ourselves all the time about who we are and what we want.

If you can step out of your own head and judge yourself based upon your actions instead of based on how you think of yourself you can hopefully see yourself in a more accurate way.

I don't believe I prescribed any behavior. I gave the example to encourage thinking about how you value people based on your actions.