When you adopt an idea as your identity, you get stuck defending it emotionally instead of staying open to what's true. Leaders and coaches need to watch for this in themselves and others, or they'll trap their teams in crusades instead of clear thinking.
I've also found that sometimes take the entity of the idea, I need to be angry at this person. I was wrong. I'm justified. I'm the crusader here for good. And all that other stuff. When you assume that identity, you're also implicitly assuming that anger, that disappointment, that.
You nailed it, man. It's that identity. It's when we lock into and feel like we have to, like, hold on to that, that I am. And you pointed out something really important that because I've done this in my life, and this is something that I think we all want to be mindful of. And again, if you're a leader or coach, it's something you want to be mindful of for the people that you're leading.
