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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

an interesting pattern I’ve noticed in my DMs is how many people berate themselves for “being stupid” when actually what they need is not intelligence but courage

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

if you’re a coward, and you misdiagnose yourself as an idiot, you’re going to be stuck there indefinitely https://t.co/wDKS62i5dG

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

you can’t think your way out of a courage deficit

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 4 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

but I think “cowardice” has very negative connotations for people, and so I get the sense that people would rather think of themselves as stupid, or lazy, than scared but you have to diagnose a problem correctly in order to solve it

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 3 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

i keep seeing people misframe this every day https://t.co/u8eknNMYw8

Guy HAS FINISHED WRITING THE BOOK (BETA)@nosilverv• about 3 years ago

If you’re so smart why aren’t you rich/happy/etc is valid criticism as all of these just *are* achievable if you’re sufficiently smart 😊

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Guy HAS FINISHED WRITING THE BOOK (BETA)@nosilverv• about 3 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv Hmm realizing your point might itself be bottlenecked by intelligence lol so yes you can think your way out of a courage deficit (by realizing you can’t)

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Richard D. Bartlett@RichDecibels• about 3 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv I think you're right. however I think courage is frequently misunderstood as an individual quality that resides inside of you. courage is developed thru reciprocal encouragement. companionship is upstream of courage.

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