Whenever someone makes a claim about who they are—like, “I’m this,” or “I’m that,” or “I always do this,” or “I never do that”—just pay close attention.

Notice all the exceptions. Notice the lack of evidence.

You know, someone says, “I just speak my mind.”
Think to yourself: “Really? Because I just saw you lie to your kid so they’d behave better. So which is it? Do you speak your mind, or do you lie to get people to behave better?”
Did you even notice that you just did that?

Or someone’s like, “I’m a really kind person.”
Well… why do you need to tell me that? Shouldn’t I already be convinced by your behavior? So much so that you’d never need to say it?

If you have to claim it, maybe you’re lacking some evidence.

Notice how many people get their own identity wrong. They say, “I’m a this,” when really, they’re more of a that.

You see this with political beliefs all the time.

Somebody will say, “I’m really right,” or “I’m really left.” But then—watch how they treat their own family.

Watch how they interact day to day.

You’ll often see exceptions that blur the lines. They actually behave more like the other side in real life, in certain situations—and yet, they still believe they’re hard one way or the other.

People often contradict their so-called identity—who they think they are—and they don’t seem to be aware that they’re doing this.

They don’t see the contradiction.

They don’t feel like a hypocrite.

However, most of us are hypocrites.

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