009 Who?

ONE ordinary question. And a new chance to answer it. We know you are tougher than the rest. So let's bring it on, Victor. The facts will set you free.

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Know Thyself!
- Inscription on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi

 

Welcome back, Victor.

This is INVICTUS.

The following units will confront you with ONE particular question each.

As always in our training, there's no need to rush through it.

Take your time to reflect on what's going on with you while engaging in the content presented.

It's crucial that you have at least one first version of an answer to each question.

You can always fine-tune or completely change your answers in the future.

That's no big deal.

The only thing that won't work is having no answer at all.

So, let's smoothly move on to the first fundamental question, being

WHO AM I?

We know it's a tough one and that there are many people out there avoiding it like the plague to answer that question.

However, we also know that you are tougher than the rest, Victor.

So, let's take on this quest.

WHO AM I?

This question can be answered on different levels.

First, it's perfectly okay to start with the easy part as a warm-up.

So write down your facile personal introduction, as you might have done plenty of times before.

My name is (fill in the blank); I am (fill in the blank) years. I was born in (fill in the blank) and raised in (fill in the blank). I am a (fill in the blank) by profession, and my hobbies are (fill in the blank). 

And so on and so on.

Add whatever you find is appropriate to that piece of content.

Now Get Real!

After that, let's leave the surface and go to a much deeper level.

Rather than telling your vita, let's go for your real identity.

Strip away all the titles and labels society might specify and start telling yourself about the real you.

Who are you beyond your labels of an entrepreneur, an employee, a father, a mother, a husband, a wife, and so on?

Who are you beyond the labels of the ideologies you were raised in?

Who are you beyond the brands others have given you and that you have accepted?

Listen carefully to what comes up as you present yourself with this same question over and over again.

WHO AM I?

Write down whatever comes to your mind without judging or rejecting it.

WHO AM I?

There's a good chance that some answers will be painful to you.

However, those are usually the most valuable ones.

You might, for example, find that you are a bloody cheater because you've been cheating on your wife for many years.

Or you might find that you are a greedy pig because you've been bingeing enough to gain 40 pounds overweight.

Remember, you are not performing your pitch here. 

You are not painting the shiniest picture of yourself.

Dare to tell yourself the fucking truth.

Stop lying, Victor!

You promised yourself to stop lying, didn't you?

So, bravely face the answers that come up when you repeatedly ask yourself:

WHO AM I?

You might even recall some old and deep dogmas like that you're not competent enough on any given subject.

Or, that no matter what you do, you will never be enough because your parents have told you so.

Or that no one will ever truly love or care about you because you've been divorced several times.

Or that you are a financial loser because all your businesses have failed so far.

Get real. Get raw. Get radical.

Bluntly jot down what you think about who you are.

Who am I beyond the fucking labels, titles, and brands?

Drop the mask, Victor!

And Stop lying!

That's the purpose of this unit.

Write the naked truth about yourself and who you think you are.

Write about YOUR reality.

The facts will set you free.

But only if you face them.

Write YOUR story.

While doing that, you may discover a certain meta-revelation.

You are the story you most believe about yourself.

You are who you believe yourself to be.

We invite you to think about this statement too.

Occasionally, your individual answers to the short question

WHO AM I?

may result in some longer text.

However, review those answers when finished and manage to recap them to a shorter line of code.

Enjoy!, Victor!

The facts will set you free.

Here we go.

Over to you, Victor!

Take some time to give yourself the answers to that fundamental question.

Code Line Suggestion

I am the story that I tell and believe about myself the most. 

I am who I believe myself to be. 

I won't allow others to tell who I am.

Go ahead, Victor. 

Meet you in the next episode.

You are THE ONE.