Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down.
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Practicing discipline involves continually working to find space in our patterns, to find the gaps in the images we hold about ourselves. It also means finding the gaps in our ideas about others, releasing images that we hold about a manager, a coworker, a friend, or a partner.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Discipline is about recognizing and adjusting the perceptions we have of ourselves and others.
This quote highlights the concept that practicing discipline is not merely about external behaviors, but deeply involves introspection and the willingness to identify and change the distorted images we hold about ourselves and others. It implies that true discipline requires ongoing effort to uncover and address the biases and assumptions that shape our relationships and self-image.
Themes
DisciplineSelf-ImagePerceptionChangeRelationships
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a leadership workshop to encourage managers to reflect on their perceptions of employees.
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