A precondition for doing anything worthwhile is obviously being long yourself. If it’s worthwhile, by definition you’re going to grow by doing it. Hard to create worth while shorting yourself. I suspect even suicidal altruism is an inclusive-fitness way of being long yourself.
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The question is, do you have to *like* yourself to be long yourself? It’s a question that doesn’t come up in other investments. You can dislike and be long something that isn’t yourself without creating a division-by-zero type paradox.
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This is why undermining someone’s confidence in their own investment worthiness is the single best gaslighting technique. Collapse their ooda loop etc.
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I don't think you have to like yourself to be long yourself. I think those are two separate things. To me, whether I like myself or not seems like an irrelevant question. In practice, I do the behaviours that are long on myself regardless of how I'm feeling at the time.
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Then you like yourself. Disliking yourself typically drives self-defeating behaviors and even deliberate self-sabotage.
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Not every investable aspect of myself is something I want to see grow.
Or you want to see grow.
Now, we don't have to watch me grow into someone I don't even want to be around: I have choices.
Not everyone does.
Some folks have to *feed* their beast, just to eat.
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