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by jrflowers 1101 days ago
> Be careful what beliefs you let become part of your identity.

“I have a tight enough knowledge and grasp of my beliefs to intentionally control my sense of identity” is a fascinating belief to turn into an identity.

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This might be relevant: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-authorship

According to the Kegan theory, it's possible. I'd be fascinated to see it if anyone knows of a study that demonstrates self authorship in a population of real people.

I’ve yet to hear anything akin to self authorship from someone that didn’t have a book/seminar/consultancy to sell.

It’s a somewhat amusing thought that there is this human phenomenon wherein we can transcend nature, nurture, the id, the ego, the superego, biology and chemistry — and overwhelmingly those that achieve this enlightened state coincidentally tend to end up as self-help bloggers and motivational speakers.