Stephen ScogginsFounder - CEO, Lion - Lamb Solutions · Founder CEO Unstoppable Solutions

Why “Look In The Mirror” Is BAD Advice 🪞#shorts

31 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Stephen Scoggins critiques the common self‑help advice to "look in the mirror" as a way to understand oneself. He argues that a mirror only reflects our intentions, not our actual actions, making it a misleading tool. Instead, he proposes creating a "window"—seeking external perspectives—to see how we truly show up in situations and to break free from recurring insecurities that hide behind metaphorical walls.

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is the only way to truly break free of those walls. Never be able to tear them down because the next incident that happens, that insecurity pops up just right over again. It's sitting right over there in the corner and it's just waiting to pop in. The challenge is, and we've gotten into this so much, you hear this all the time, look in the mirror. Well, the problem with the mirror, the mirror's a liar. The mirror's a liar because it's a reflection of our intentions. It's not a document of our actions. But what you can do is say, hey, do I put a window through that wall so you can see what I can see? And I can say, hey, Stephen, how am I showing up in this situation? What's going on? What am I missing?