>> To be able to improve myself, I have to see my flaws accurately. I sometimes do, and that's when I have the most success in improving myself.<<
Exactly. And other people usually can't, they just focus on something that annoys them. It typically takes a teacher of a particular thing to spot someone else's genuine flaws or mistakes, like a music teacher knowing when you're off tempo and explaining how to fix that.
>> Writ on a national scale... We are hanging off the edge of a cliff by holding onto a single bamboo shoot.<<
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dancing_serpent
Re: Self-Improvement
Date: 2024-10-28 09:49 am (UTC)Exactly. And other people usually can't, they just focus on something that annoys them. It typically takes a teacher of a particular thing to spot someone else's genuine flaws or mistakes, like a music teacher knowing when you're off tempo and explaining how to fix that.
>> Writ on a national scale... We are hanging off the edge of a cliff by holding onto a single bamboo shoot.<<
Painfully true.