A leading indicator of personal growth is how curious you are able to be with all your emotions - especially the ones you weren't allowed to feel as a kid.
Joe Hudsonx.comA leading indicator of personal growth is how curious you are able to be with all your emotions - especially the ones you weren't allowed to feel as a kid.
One mark of the high agency mindset is a distinctive blend of wide-ranging curiosity with a contrarian streak. They tend to challenge the status quo or look at things from novel perspectives. But they’re not contrarian in order to boost their ego or impress people; it’s a natural consequence of deep curiosity and desire to learn and grow.
We emerge into adult life determined never to rely on anyone or are desperate for another to complete us. We are overly intellectual or unduly resistant to ideas. The encyclopedia of emotional imbalances is a volume without end. Yet because we are reluctant historians of our emotional pasts, we too easily take our temperament as our destiny. We bel
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
say the first layer of the self-awareness onion is a simple understanding of one’s emotions. “This is when I feel happy.” “This makes me feel sad.” “This gives me hope.”