If you think of yourself as needing to be "brave" then you identify as a coward constantly needing to put on airs. If you admit you are fearful, you identify as someone brave facing a challenge.
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It's not about "doing" the opposite but "being" the opposite. This "being" identity shift comes with it a drastic loss in competency. E.g. identifying as a non-smoker who smokes all the time would be laughed at as the worst non-smoker.
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This ability to maintain a "beginner's mind" without discomfort is necessary to shift into new identities though. Otherwise there's a risk of "expert beginnerism"https://daedtech.com/how-developers-stop-learning-rise-of-the-expert-beginner/ …
