New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to develop accurate self-understanding?
Ask HN: How to develop accurate self-understanding?
3 by bambataa | 4 comments on Hacker News.
A question prompted by end-of-year reflection. Perhaps HN can solve the eternal question! How does a person accurately assess their strengths, weaknesses, good habits, bad habits etc. when they only have their own subjective experience of these things? Explicit feedback can be useful, especially in a professional setting, but relies on good communication and for the person receiving feedback to appreciate (in both senses of the word) what is being said. I'm sure we all have examples of advice we didn't fully understand until we were older (and had made the mistakes we were warned about). In the past I have found meditation useful, but it is obviously subjective too. Personally, I have found it too easy to slip from self-inquiry to disproportionate self-criticism, though perhaps that is a stage on the journey.
3 by bambataa | 4 comments on Hacker News.
A question prompted by end-of-year reflection. Perhaps HN can solve the eternal question! How does a person accurately assess their strengths, weaknesses, good habits, bad habits etc. when they only have their own subjective experience of these things? Explicit feedback can be useful, especially in a professional setting, but relies on good communication and for the person receiving feedback to appreciate (in both senses of the word) what is being said. I'm sure we all have examples of advice we didn't fully understand until we were older (and had made the mistakes we were warned about). In the past I have found meditation useful, but it is obviously subjective too. Personally, I have found it too easy to slip from self-inquiry to disproportionate self-criticism, though perhaps that is a stage on the journey.
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