[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Self-expression]] - People: [[Ryder Carroll]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEVhRweDeM4 --- ## Summary - Be true to your community. - [[You are the sum of those you surround yourself with]]. - Be intentional about who you allow to be apart of your life. - [[Be with people who will lift you up and set you straight]]. - Be true to yourself. - [[We war within ourselves to reconcile who we think we should be and who we truly are]]. - [[In order to see the truth, you must have the courage to look.]] - [[Take the time to think about your life]]. - Be true to word. - [[Say what you mean and mean what you say. There is nothing in between.]] - [[The more true you are to your word, the more you will begin to trust yourself.]] - [[Develop trust; one promise at a time.]] ## Notes ### Be true to your community - [[You are the sum of those you surround yourself with]]. - You rarely have a choice of environment or communities growing up. These are your default communities. They can be good or bad. - Discover a community that treats you well and treat them well in return. - [[Your community will have an outsized impact on your life and who you will become]]. - Be intentional about who you allow to be apart of your life. - Surround yourself with people who inspire you to become a better version of yourself. Surround yourself with people who expand you. - [[Be with people who will lift you up and set you straight]]. - Take time for people you're most grateful for. ### Be true to yourself - Distractions in life take us further away from ourselves. - [[The further we are from ourselves, the harder it is to be true to ourselves.]] - [[Take the time to think about your life]]. - [[In order to see the truth, you must have the courage to look.]] - Create a record of your experience. - "[[A major source of suffering can come from us beating ourselves up for not feeling the way that we think we're suppose to feel.]]" - [[We war within ourselves to reconcile who we think we should be and who we truly are]]. ### Be true to your word - Commit to others. Commit to yourself. - Follow through on the things you say you're going to do. - [[Speak with honesty, think with sincerity, and act with integrity.]] - [[Say what you mean and mean what you say. There is nothing in between.]] - [[The more true you are to your word, the more you will begin to trust yourself.]] - [[Develop trust; one promise at a time.]] - If you can't keep your word, don't give it. - [[Action shouldn't be worth a thousand words. It should be worth one; yours.]]