Self-Identity: I’m the Type of Person Who…

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Your self-identity is how you view yourself as an individual person. It is the basic answer to the question, “Who am I?”

However, how you view yourself isn’t always an accurate depiction of who you really are or what you can become in the future.

Self-identity is a combination between your actual experiences with the world around you, but also how you interpret those experiences and how you fit them into the narrative of “This is me!” and “This isn’t me!”

Two different people can have the same exact experience, but the first person takes that experience and says, “Yes, this says a lot about who I really am as a person,” while the second person says, “No, this isn’t who I really am.” – or “I can be better than this.”

How we respond to our everyday experiences can often make all the difference in how we identify ourselves. And once we begin to create our “self-identity” it can often become self-fulfilling

The Rational Man’s Guide to Taking Smart Risks

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As I mentioned in how to act with uncertainty, every action comes with some amount of risk because we never know for sure how the future is going to work out.

In general, the more information you have, the smaller the risk you’re taking. But the less information you have, the bigger the risk you’re taking.

And the bigger the risk you want to take, the more information and advice you should try to gather before reaching a final decision.

Therefore, when we have a lot of doubt about a decision, that can often be a sign that we need to step back and evaluate the situation more before moving forward.

This article is going to cover the main things to consider when trying to evaluate a “smart risk” vs. a “dumb risk.” Use these guidelines to evaluate the risks you take in your own life.