- I’m not comfortable putting order on it.
- The “medals” here are “good looking labels.”
- D. at the age of 24 after skipping three classes,” or “I’ve authored four books,” or “I’m a member of the board of directors of the Unexplored Foundation.”
- Even if it is “good-looking”, it is only “labeling” after all. - The act of [Labeling people as messy.
And I thought about where that resistance came from. - self-worth I figured it was because I felt the “good-looking label” was less valuable than the self-worth.
- And others don’t understand this “what I consider ‘my value’“.
- By default, it only recognizes you as “one of many.”
- So if you want people to understand value, you have to do [Your value is your own output.
- Most people can only judge others by the quality and quantity of their medals.
- Some people can be judged without medals if they communicate.
- However, there are only a limited number of people with whom he/she can “take the time to communicate”.
- Medals are also beneficial to increase the probability of being selected for a limited number of “targets”.
- Some people believe that their “self-worth” is increased by the medal.
- Such people are inferior to the Order of Merit.
- Such people actively promote their medals.
- The emotion of not wanting to be identified with such a person makes me reluctant to wear the medal.
- The opposite thought of this: the value of a medal is increased by its own value. - It’s embarrassing to be on brand.
- Such people are inferior to the Order of Merit.
- My perceived self-worth is awfully high to begin with. - The value of my being to myself is higher than anything else I can think of.
He thinks the process of polishing the medals to a shine is sterile work.
- So I don’t want to spend the time.
- So I keep a stock of what I’ve made in the past and cut and paste it for myself and others to use.
I tend to cut off my introduction a lot, even when I’m giving a talk or something.
- I have something to say and don’t want to consume the limited time I have to say it with sterile introductions.
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