I say this with love, and as someone on the path myself: I think choosing to become a public figure is a sort of voluntary descent into a kind of madness. I think it's a psychological extreme sport with very high odds of injury
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I think we are similar in that we are uncommonly well-suited to it. I wouldn’t list it in my top 5, not sure about 10 but probably not that either. I do also find that I’ve done a lot of reading, thinking and simulating that others haven’t
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Can you talk about the approaches that are helping you handle it?
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Like, is it harder psychologically than getting married or parenting? Because while there is a wide spectrum of experiences for both, the happy case is culturally normative and a lot harder of an ongoing commitment than working in public, along many axes.
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it really depends on the intention, being open and really to let go ego is crucial. Ones become a public figure still being an asshole ... I noticed those people who likes to block people they have this 'my ego being hurt' problem, even though they are saying wise words.
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