[brd]

Glad to see this subject surface on HN. This is a topic that's near and dear to me, to the point that over time I've accidentally cultivated my closest friendships almost exclusively with people who share this interest/capacity.

I frame it as living more deliberately. Every moment is an opportunity to better yourself, better your position, better your brand, or help others better themselves. Introspection is the means to identify those opportunities and build habits around them.

This concept as a whole is a conversation that, in my opinion, happens all too infrequently. Everyone should try to find someone that they can talk to about this concept because there's a ton of value in being able to vocalize these internal monologues. Talking to someone about your introspective processes and conclusions brings another level of intellectual honesty to the entire process.

[bloodorange]

"Every moment is an opportunity to better yourself, better your position, better your brand, or help others better themselves"

I'd also ask "why" to this one repeatedly (socratic method perhaps). In my mind that leads to "purpose of life" - which is, I suppose, a philosophical question with no easy answer.

[psyc]

Perhaps it is rooted in the role of fitness in biological evolution.