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‘Being Clever’ as a description vs. an ‘identity’. Fight Club scene
If you invest your ‘identity’ in ‘being clever’ (or stake your self-esteem on ‘being clever’), you feel good when you appear clever, but bad when you fail to appear clever. On the other hand, if you don’t identify with ‘being clever’ – it doesn’t matter so much what happens.
(about 50 seconds in)
He who never admits to being wrong, never becomes aware of his need to be right. No self-awareness without vulnerability.
Its not so important whether you perform or are authentic, as long as when you perform, you perform authentically.
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