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There’s a behaviorist/nurture side to the tabula rasa error. The assumption that if you don’t quite know what you are doing, you’re doing it wrong or worse, not doing anything meaningful at all. Self-awareness is not necessary for effective living, and might even be detrimental.
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If you analyze what you’re doing with too narrow a focus on improvement or growth you might miss simply understanding why it’s in fact the right thing, and letting go anxiety about it
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It’s Chesterton’’s fence surprise. Realizing what the fence is for is a better idea than what you planned to tear it down for and giving up the plan.
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This isn’t conservatism, it is letting go futile growth anxiety and freeing up attention locked up in distrusting and second guessing yourself
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I've been wandering around these woods since your Make Your Own Rules post. The why and self-awareness are easily snared in the Default Mode Network (mind?). Then things morph. Exploratory learning while doing the thing holds things together better than adding 'thinking'
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