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My latest goal for myself is to understand and reprogram the greed that has been instilled in me since birth.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to go out and sell all my possessions and give away all my wealth. This is more about a life goal of total awareness of why I do things, how I think, and how I came to be this way.

The fact that I (and so many other humans) are so motivated by the concept of “more” is really interesting when you think about it and it guides so many of our life choices and day to day actions.

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🇩𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 🇼𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪 2y ago

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201410/is-greed-good

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Not my name 2y ago

Thanks for the link. Greed can certainly be an effective source of motivation. However, it is mostly a subconscious one, and for whatever reason, that kind of thing bothers me. Perhaps it’s the fact that subconscious sources of motivation are easily exploited by things like advertising, marketing, etc. I personally don’t have anything against being consciously greedy as, in this sense at least, it represents more of a personal choice.

I’m still working all this out for myself, but so far it’s been a good thought exercise.

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