
Self-Awareness or Rumination? How to Know When Reflection Has Stopped Helping
I examine my reactions because I do not want my untested assumptions to make me mean, unfair, petty, or careless. I think this kind of
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I examine my reactions because I do not want my untested assumptions to make me mean, unfair, petty, or careless. I think this kind of

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