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blackbootz · 3832 days ago · link · · parent · post: An exercise in analyzing the advice we are given
To whoever commented and then deleted their response: that's exactly what I mean! How often are we totally convinced that the advice we're dispensing is in someone's best interest, that we're doing them a favor by insisting on this change of course or behavior, when really, our brain has tricked us into maintaining our ego, tricked us into insulating our behavior from change by "legitimizing" it with our own wordswordswords. I'm not saying that every time we give advice, we are feeding our own ego. But an insecurity can delude your better judgment and cause you to project onto someone else the issues that you are yourself dealing with.