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#638 - Kevin Kelly - 22 Habits To Follow For A Happy Life
Modern Wisdom
**Reflect on What Irritate You in Others to Understand Yourself **
Reflecting on everything that irritates us in others can help us understand ourselves better. It is a signal that something resonates with us, even if we are not like it. This irritation indicates that there is something within us that we haven't explored yet. Humans are often opaque to themselves, and we need discipline and outside help to truly understand ourselves. When someone else's behavior irritates us, it triggers something within us that resonates with our own makeup. We are self-defeating and self-deceptive, which is evolutionarily advantageous. It allows us to convince others that we are not abnormal, but it also means that we are easily fooled by ourselves. The ego should not have easy access to our fundamental operating system for its own protection. Reflection on what irritates us in others is a tool for self-understanding and a way to protect our vital systems.
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