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fromIndependent
7 hours ago

Martin Breheny: My friend Michael Lyster - the consummate professional who made it all look so simple

Michael Lyster valued humor and humility, preferring to avoid serious discussions about himself.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Self-Importance Underlying Your Fear of Making Mistakes

Fear of mistakes signals self-importance; adopting a broader perspective reduces perfectionism and allows mistakes to be seen as non-defining rather than catastrophic.
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

Could Enlightenment Mean Accepting Our Own Insignificance?

In Mahayana Buddhism, sunyata - often translated as "emptiness" - doesn't mean that nothing matters. It means nothing exists with a permanent essence. Everything is constantly changing and without fixed self-nature. Seeing through the illusion of an enduring, separate self can be liberating.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
10 months ago

The Culture of Fabricated Self-Importance

Modern society, particularly in urban hubs such as Los Angeles, is witnessing the rise of a peculiar phenomenon: a culture not of narcissism... but of fabricated self-importance.
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