The Relationship Between Attention and the Self

The only way we know those traits are true of us is based on the way we interact with the world. So if I think I'm a kind person, am I really a kind person unless I do kind actions? Unless I get feedback from the world that other people think I'm kind. All of that information we're getting from the world around us and the consequences of the actions that we're making informs the sense of self that we end up having at the end of the day.