Schooling Struggle

19: What Others Think - Should We Care?

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Ever feel like the thoughts of others might be playing some sort of role in the way we act... well, we have, and so in this episode Peter and Todd dive into this topic.

Related points:

  • Hypocrisy: a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not: behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel.
  • Sometimes what we think about what other people think about us can be an interesting thing to ponder.
  • There is a shifted cultural norm where people are distancing themselves from each other with increasing frequency.  We each make a choice how to interact with (or respond), or in, that norm.
  • Do we hold importance of what others think as a moniker of how we lead and adhere to our values or intend to?
  • It is best to put your beer in a paper bag.
  • The metaverse is on its way.
  • Humans often change their mannerisms based on our environment and the people or things within it.

    • Mental habit / action / tool examples:

    • How we respond to a stimulus, predicates how we appear to others around us.
    • The weight of how others perspective of us, can be shifted through alignment of values.
    • Practicing holding a space to contemplate how we can feel, how we may react, how we might respond – allows experimenting with different outcomes.
    • Follow your values, then through reflection and awareness, we are better equipped to manage the clutter we find.

      • Quotes/quips:

      • "I try explain to them like the popularity machine of high school doesn't exist when you leave high school."
      • "In this moment, what's my intention and how can I proceed with that... in the way most aligned with my values."

        • Rando Mentions:

        • The Daily Stoic
        • Metaverse
        • Ready Player One (book) (film)
        • Responsible AI
        • Grasping (Buddhism)


          • ...more
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