The Potential Paradox

The Potential Paradox

3 Hard Truths I Faced After Becoming Self-Aware

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Idris Elijah
May 09, 2025
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Once you're self-aware, you can never go back to ignorance.

You start to see things you never saw before. How you spend more time on your phone than talking to your spouse. The effect working late and never going out has on you and the people around you.

The way that one colleague talks to you, like you're in competition an…

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