1/ Human beings rarely signal their strengths consciously; what they mostly signal is their weaknesses (usually disguised as strengths), because these occupy their conscious mental space to a far larger degree than their strengths do.
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5/ This is not a qualifier that pertains to the validity or usefulness of any insight, but it's an important qualifier in terms of how we perceive the individual producing it.
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6/ Instead of assigning to them an image of wisdom and ability beyond our own it's best to remember that this is in fact what they would like us to see them as because that is how they wish they were, but usually the reality is the exact opposite.
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7/ Paying attention to what people signal and how they signal it can be a very good indication of their personality (and its deficiencies/problems in specific). Often the more matter-of-fact one expresses an idea the more they themselves have a desire and need for it to be true.
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8/ Throughout our lives we will put emphasis on our deficiencies and usually our best insights are produced through that struggle, but they do not, by themselves, resolve it. It's useful to understand that the insight is an indication of a struggle, rather than of an arrival.
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"The intriguing nature of this function [daemon] is although it represents as our undoing and a negative motivation, in certain terms it can also be the source of our salvation as it hints at the most critical of our vulnerabilities." Jungian Savant
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Demon, also spelled daemon, Classical Greek daimon, in Greek religion, a supernatural power. In Homer the term is used almost interchangeably with theos for a god. The distinction there is that theos emphasizes the personality of the god, and demon his activity. Britannica
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Perhaps if we try to release the positive aspect of the daemon, we might be able to turn our weaknesses into strengths...
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That's what I am referring to.
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So you think you are good at summarizing but actually struggle with it? And I think I am good at calling people out but struggle with it? Makes sense to me.
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