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Michael Anderson's avatar

Great insight on changing the environment and context vs. changing the person. Both are technically possible, but one is much easier :)

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Phil Levin's avatar

Yes it’s very hard to Will yourself into being another person in isolation. But friends behavior is contagious. Surround yourself with people who you want to become, because you will become them!

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Max B's avatar

Thank you for sharing. For me as someone who wants to live in a community and have friends and relationships it but have no experience or idea how this is very useful and insightful .

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Julia Lang's avatar

Oof the it doesn’t have to be fair in needs to be good is hard to swallow, but I can definitely see how it avoids score keeping and trying to level balances where they aren’t possible.

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Mary Ellen's avatar

Really appreciated this and tried out extravagant offering of my time after i listened. I wanted to share a piece i just published on house sharing https://comment.org/everyone-wants-their-own-place/

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