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TBM 302: Why Reflexive Thinkers Need to Take More Breaks
- Reflexive thinkers, open to diverse perspectives and cognitively flexible need to invest extra time in self-care and 'switching off'.
- Person B appears to be more reflexive and more capable of holding conflicting ideas in their head, making them more effective at bridging gaps between diverse groups.
- Person A has an easy answer when things go wrong: 'The system works, so any failure must be due to individual shortcomings or lack of effort'.
- If you identify more with Person B, you will need to spend extra time taking care of yourself, as emotional labor, perspective-taking, navigating cognitive dissonance, and reflexivity are not 'free' and can be draining.
- Reflexivity is the ability to critically reflect on one's beliefs, experiences, and context, and through doing that, develop a deeper understanding of how these factors influence one's perspectives and actions.
- Emotional labor, epistemic relativism, perspective-taking, navigating cognitive dissonance, and reflexivity are draining and are not 'free'.
- If you dig yourself into a hole too deep, you risk diminishing the skills you hold dear and being polarizing.
- Be you, but be a sustainable version of yourself.
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