topic: [[Feeling]] people: #people/brenebrown created: 2024-07-13 *What happens when you drop your limiting beliefs and become who you are?* ##### what is it? Knowing and loving yourself allows yourself to burst through, this is contagious for those around you and lets you spread positivity. ##### why does it matter? >How much we know and understand ourselves is critically important, but there is something that is even more essential to living a wholehearted life: loving ourselves. ([Location 189](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00BS03LL6&location=189)) ##### This reminds me of [[De]] and how there is an explicit attractiveness and charisma to people in situations where they are just comfortable. ##### What would the opposite argument be? How can you keep yourself growing, getting into situations of discomfort, and be wholehearted in those moments? Is there a paradox? tags: #note/idea | #on/ego | #on/joy ##### Sources: [[🐓 Idea Farm/6 Long Form Sources/The Gifts of Imperfection|The Gifts of Imperfection]]