Being YOU | Philosophy

The ideas behind
The Seven Principles of Being YOU

Build a life based on what you control.

Discipline · Identity · Ownership

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This account is about one thing:

Stop living emotionally through things you did not build.

No borrowed pride.
No borrowed urgency.
No borrowed identity.
Build a life you can respect — without applause.
— The Seven Principles of Being YOU
#TheSevenPrinciplesOfBeingYOU

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The person who constantly watches others, slowly loses the ability to observe themselves.

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Are you building a life you enjoy living, or one that simply looks good from the outside?

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Confidence is not something you find, but something you build through repetition.

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Are you inspired by successful people, or secretly hoping their success reflects on you somehow?

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You become easier to manipulate when you need other people to tell you who you are.

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What would happen if you spent the same energy building yourself instead of comparing yourself?

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Are you chasing growth, or just chasing the feeling of being ahead of someone else?

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If nobody could see your success, would you still want it?

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If your peace disappears whenever someone else succeeds,

it was never peace.

It was comparison.

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Most people are exhausted not because life is too hard, but because they are trying to be too many things for too many people.

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The more you build a life you respect, the less you need one that looks impressive.

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Some people are not afraid of failure.

They are afraid of losing the identity they built around excuses.

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It is hard to hear your own thoughts when your life is built around other people’s opinions.

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@kiragriffoo Here is my book. You’re proud of things you didn’t build. Ashamed of things you didn’t do. Urgent about things that don’t matter.
This book is about stopping all of that. https://t.co/4qjaMCnVG3

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Defense mechanisms are just your ego doing its best.

Your ego is trying very hard and still making everything worse.

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Every identity has a cost.

The question is whether the one you carry is actually yours.

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You don’t always need a new goal.

Sometimes you need a new standard.

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Freud said humans are driven by two things. The desire for pleasure and the fear of death.
So basically we’re all just trying to have a good time while quietly panicking.

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The ego’s whole job is to protect your self image.
It is so committed to this job that it will gaslight you personally if it has to.