APN92 - Fingers & Lectures

You're listening to Optimize with Bryan Johnson More Wisdom in Less Time this is a mini chapter from Brian's book A Philosopher's Notes. You can find it on Amazon.

Fingers and Lectures Please extend your pointer finger and shake it as if you're lecturing someone, saying something like, you shouldn't do this, this, and this. Do that, that, and that. Thank you. Now look at your hand and count how many fingers are pointing at the person you're lecturing and how many fingers are pointing back at you. Unless you're missing a digit, you should see one finger pointing at the lucky recipient of your wrath and three fingers pointing back at you. You may want to pay attention to that the next time you're lecturing someone. It's a really handy way to notice our shadow the stuff we haven't integrated in our own lives that, unfortunately, we tend to project ont. Debbie Ford encourages us to attend our own lectures because more often than not, whatever lecture we're giving someone else is the one we desperately need to attend. Try this on the next time you start telling someone all the things you think they need to start doing more of or less of or whatever, imagine you're a student diligently taking notes on the lecture you're giving. You might just find that the lecture you're giving them is is what you most need to hear. And by the way, the sooner you actually do the stuff you're lecturing people about, the sooner you'll stop lecturing them about it. That's how it usually works. Footnote here. Check out Debbie Ford's great the Dark side of the Light Chasers for a bunch of big ideas on how to integrate your shadow. And of course, we've got a philosopher's note on that one as well, with some of my favorite gems.

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