Your essay caught my attention as I was browsing around Substack looking for new writers to engage with. This particular piece is so powerful for me. Thank you for your clear writing, for its depth and breadth, and easy to understand steps... now to put this into practice. As a self-improvement addict, I've come to this same conclusion, but still didn't have the clarity of the steps I could take to see the answers.
A few highlights...
"Once seen and understood, the anger lost its grip without me having to "work on it."
The parts of yourself you're trying hardest to change are the parts begging most for understanding.
When you keep trying to fix yourself instead of understanding yourself, you fall into the most common trap - the endless cycle of self-improvement without progress."
"Try asking instead: "Why do I do this in the first place?"
This simple shift from improvement to understanding changes everything.
Because you don't need more information, tactics, or systems.
You need the courage to look at what's already there.
Michael Jordan's philosophy: "Let’s see if all that trash talking starts when it’s zero-zero, instead of 5-6 point lead. That’s where it starts. That’s the sign of a good man, if you can talk shit when it’s an even score. Or when you’re behind in the score. When you’re ahead, it’s easy to talk.” TGM: https://tinyurl.com/yja3hyxb
Great articles, Scott. Self-understanding is absolutely the key to transformation.
"You need the courage to look at what's already there." - is the hardest thing to do for the human mind because we think in terms of the past, unless there's a clear understanding of what the structure of the "self", the foundation of "thoughts" and their relationship with "what is."
Scott,
Your essay caught my attention as I was browsing around Substack looking for new writers to engage with. This particular piece is so powerful for me. Thank you for your clear writing, for its depth and breadth, and easy to understand steps... now to put this into practice. As a self-improvement addict, I've come to this same conclusion, but still didn't have the clarity of the steps I could take to see the answers.
A few highlights...
"Once seen and understood, the anger lost its grip without me having to "work on it."
The parts of yourself you're trying hardest to change are the parts begging most for understanding.
When you keep trying to fix yourself instead of understanding yourself, you fall into the most common trap - the endless cycle of self-improvement without progress."
"Try asking instead: "Why do I do this in the first place?"
This simple shift from improvement to understanding changes everything.
Because you don't need more information, tactics, or systems.
You need the courage to look at what's already there.
Stop chasing better. Start pursuing clearer."
great article!
Michael Jordan's philosophy: "Let’s see if all that trash talking starts when it’s zero-zero, instead of 5-6 point lead. That’s where it starts. That’s the sign of a good man, if you can talk shit when it’s an even score. Or when you’re behind in the score. When you’re ahead, it’s easy to talk.” TGM: https://tinyurl.com/yja3hyxb
Great articles, Scott. Self-understanding is absolutely the key to transformation.
"You need the courage to look at what's already there." - is the hardest thing to do for the human mind because we think in terms of the past, unless there's a clear understanding of what the structure of the "self", the foundation of "thoughts" and their relationship with "what is."
Thanks for sharing.