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 think about our self and our identity,

and 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 always have this feeling about,

are we doing good, are we thriving, are we succeeding, are we progressing?

Many people like us, do we like people?

Those feelings are always top of mind in this way, in 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 and 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?

It's 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.

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