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#1 Psychologist: Toolkit to Accomplish Your Hardest Goals

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

ADVICE

Multifaceted Identities

  • Build multifaceted identities with multiple layers of abstraction.
  • Anchor yourself to a profession for a clear future vision, but also develop deeper identity layers as a safety net for life's changes.
  • Opportunistically choose the level of abstraction at which you want to self-identify depending on the situation.
  • Call upon stricter labels, like your profession, when a deeper, more intrinsic identity layer isn't sufficiently motivating.
  • Avoid delusional self-stories; identities should be rooted in reality and validated by others.
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