
Hannah Boettcher on the mental health challenges that come with trying to have a big impact
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The Importance of Self Compassion
Self compassion is actually useful, right? We are the sorts of creatures that suffer and we suffer for reasons out of our control. In my view, that justifies compassion. Even separately from that, self compassion works better than self-loathing and self-irating. When you can relate as a matter of self compassion, this enhances performance more than self criticism does. And it makes for a better subjective experience.
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