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Sometimes insight comes from your own experience. It’s a hard truth that preconscious imprinting is almost impossible to change. But self-awareness identifies unhelpful impulses and allows them to be managed. A big one for me is a mildly pathological reaction to being blocked or prevented from doing what I consider important. It’s not over until you say it is as life motto. The managing part is curbing irrational aggression where inappropriate. And the insight is the practical value of not giving up. Or, when emotionally disciplined, coming forward.
Disciplined doesn’t mean rigid. It means clear purpose that guides actions in the moment. “Forward” is a directional word. It implies movement from one place towards another. Which implies going somewhere.
