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Rational Flaneur

1 Mar, 7 tweets, 2 min read

The Subconscious You is the real You!

You are good & improving, if the subconscious you is good & improving. That's why it should be a persistent endeavour of the Conscious You to persistently learn and pass on the wisdom to the Subconscious You.

Your learning stays in the sub conscious and on most occasions, helps you with different aspects of life - relationships, success, investing etc.

The super achievers in any field talks about the behavioural/subconscious powers.

At times, the Conscious You pass on the wrong lessons. Or even if the lessons were right in some context, they are incongruous in some other contexts. In such times, the subconscious minds creates some obstacles that prevents you from achieving success you wish for.

These obstacles are called Behavioural Biases. To overcome such obstacles, the conscious you need to reorient or reposition your learning to remove the bias or obstacle.

How Do you know whether you suffer from a subconscious obstacle or a Behavioural Bias?

Very difficult. It is easier to observe such blocks in others. So may be some close friends & relatives can help spot ones in you.
Or, you need to develop some meta-cognition capabilities...

Whenever things are not working for you (in relationships, business, investing etc), you need to step back...zoom out.
Try to observe what's happening from you from a higher vantage point. I wrote about this...

rationalflaneur.com/a-fly-against-…

Observe yourself, as if you are observing a friend you know very well. See, what core belief's of yours are coming in your way. Evaluate the exact opposite of your belief, see if that's working!

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