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Reason Is Fun: Selected Essays
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How can I apply this idea: What people call 'discipline' is usually internal conflict, forcing yourself to do something part of you doesn't actually want, and the fix is not more willpower but resolving the underlying disagreement about what you actually want?
How can I apply this idea: Treating yourself as a broken object to be fixed through 'self-improvement' misidentifies the self with the content of your thoughts, and imports the same coercive, predetermined-answer logic as traditional schooling onto your own mind?
How can I apply this idea: The Alexander Technique is a way of thinking and approaching action, expanding awareness, pausing before reacting, and allowing effortless action rather than straining for it, and better posture is a side effect of that, not the goal?
