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On the introspection debate: - you can't get much done if you're constantly distracted by ego thought: "can I do this?" "will I actually achieve what I want" "wow I'm so great/powerful/terrible/strong/weak". the more you think about how what you're doing relates to your own conception of "I", the less time you have to actually do things you want and live your life. doing things and thinking about yourself have a much smaller overlap than you think, and the bias comes from our own biology, which keeps interleaving everything we do with self-thought. - introspection is not the same as ego thought or self thought. introspection is forming a third-person perspective on your own thought processes. it's being able to distance yourself from the content of your thoughts, and observe your mental processes as they happen. we have limited ability for introspection by default, and can train it in many ways - journalling, reflection, philosophy and many others - my chosen way is to meditate. without introspection, you won't be able to recognise ego thoughts at all, they simply appear as reality and you get fully consumed by them. I think the whole debate needs to be reframed around better core concepts. You should totally let go and stop overanalysing every action you take - that's a really powerful way to unblock your full potential. However, being able to do that often starts with serious self-observation and training of your own introspection abilities.

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