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    The document discusses how personality is a process rather than a fixed thing, influenced by many external factors. It encourages reflecting on examples and warnings from others' lives, following one's enthusiasm, facing resistance to change, and the pains of uncertainty versus regret when changing. It suggests increasing energy through better habits, leaping into the unknown, and transcending upper limits through continuous self-improvement.

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    The document discusses how personality is a process rather than a fixed thing, influenced by many external factors. It encourages reflecting on examples and warnings from others' lives, following one's enthusiasm, facing resistance to change, and the pains of uncertainty versus regret when changing. It suggests increasing energy through better habits, leaping into the unknown, and transcending upper limits through continuous self-improvement.

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    The document discusses how personality is a process rather than a fixed thing, influenced by many external factors. It encourages reflecting on examples and warnings from others' lives, following one's enthusiasm, facing resistance to change, and the pains of uncertainty versus regret when changing. It suggests increasing energy through better habits, leaping into the unknown, and transcending upper limits through continuous self-improvement.

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    The document discusses how personality is a process rather than a fixed thing, influenced by many external factors. It encourages reflecting on examples and warnings from others' lives, following one's enthusiasm, facing resistance to change, and the pains of uncertainty versus regret when changing. It suggests increasing energy through better habits, leaping into the unknown, and transcending upper limits through continuous self-improvement.

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    Personality is a Process and Not a Thing

    Here we cover how a persons personality is not set in stone and is malleable. It is to easy to get stuck
    into a stagnant sense of identity that makes what you want to do incoherent with “who you are”. Who
    you are is a process and a work in progress.

    The Flexible Sense of Sense

    Consider how much of your personality is influenced by outside factors? Genetics, diet, weather, the
    company you keep, what you watched on TV, how long it has been since you have sex, drugs etc…

    “Self” is not really definable, and based on a lot of variables, and so because of this, it is possible to
    start reinforcing a new sense of self.

    The Example & The Warning

    “Your life is either a warning or an example” - Steven Barnes

    Look for both. People you have met.

    Who has a life that you think is a “warning”, as in do not follow in there footsteps. What have they
    done? How do they think? What do they say?

    Who in your life is an example? What can you model? How do they approach problems in life? What
    makes them worth emulating.

    Reflect on this.

    Enthusiasm is the Compass

    Enthusiasm means “possessed by god”.

    Follow your enthusiasm as a guide in life, and let the process grow and teach you.

    Undoing Social Conditioning

    You will start to face resistance around what you have been told and who you are “suppose” to be.

    You will see everyone else moving in a particular direction. Understand that to do this work is move
    against the current.
    The Two Different Pains- The Pain of Uncertainty or the Pain of Regret

    As you start to do this work you must face one of two pains. The pain of an uncertain outcome, or the
    pain of regret.

    Delayed Gratification

    Learn to delay what you want to get a better reward down the road.

    Increase Your Energy

    To break out of old patterns you need to increase your energy level. Eat better, exercise, do breathing
    exercise. The more energy you have, the easier it is to break out of loops and patterns.

    Leap into the Void

    Leap of faith. Jump into the unknown. Over and over again. Get use to to leaping into the void. \\

    Upper Limits

    As you start to feel better and your life improves, you will face the upper limit problems. These must
    be continuously transcended.

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    Magical Work:

    Fire Ritual – banish and burn


    The Plant Ritual – plant a petition in a pot
    The Water Ritual – Speaking a new identity into a glass and drinking it

    Written Exercises:

    Heaven and Hell Exercises


    Dharma Question
    Gratitude Practice

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