The thing I want to talk about today is something that is a somewhat counterintuitive and tricky aspect of our own self-awareness, the way that we value it based upon how our emotions and our outlook is

situated at any given time.

So to break down a little bit what that means is you all of us have this feeling

about are we doing good are we thriving are we succeeding are we progressing do people like us? Do we like people?

Those feelings are always top of mind in this way.

And not in a literal way. We're not going down a checklist thinking of all those things and marking them off on a daily

basis, but they create a culmination of self-image that we carry around with us. And that self-image

shifts our mindset.

Because how we're feeling about ourselves

and our future in the world influences

how we see the world.

And that in turn influences or can reinforce

how we see ourselves.

Can create kind of a feedback loop of positivity or

negativity or neutrality, whatever it may be. And so one of the things that we have to watch out for and this is, again, one of those kind of

slippery ones is that if you think about how you feel about yourself at any given time,

and if you're feeling good, you feel energized, you have confidence, you have a greater sense of clarity, and most importantly

you have a sense of self-belief, right? So you're able to approach everything that you're doing in life, all of your relationships,

your professional things, your self-care and inner work, you're able to approach all of that

with a kind of optimism and power because your mindset

is situated in such that you feel, yes, I have this value I can do this it is worth it for me to continue developing all

these different areas in my life that are meaningful to me.

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