How Your Ego Tricks You: The Truth About Self-Delusion (#3)

The Achiever level is when we usually get involved - or obsessed - with self-help for the first time. This fits very well with the typical Achiever traits.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 30/9 epis...

4 Okt 4min

You could sum up the Achiever level in the two points that I make here. This is the heart of this level's psyche and behaviour.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 30/9 episode, The Achiever: Stage 4 o...

1 Okt 1min

The Achiever level of ego development is where our identity becomes fully differentiated from others and our environment.At this level, we derive meaning from achieving goals, getting things done, imp...

30 Sep 1h 5min

I know a person who is a textbook, textbook example of the Expert. Here I give several examples of the Expert stage showing up in them. This makes the theory extremely concrete and will help you ident...

29 Sep 17min

There is one simple driver behind the entire Expert stage of ego development: "I must know", "I should know".This one trait explains most of their personality and behaviour.This is a snippet from my W...

27 Sep 3min

"No one can tell an Expert anything they don't know already."Let's explain why the Expert stage gets its name. Perhaps Cook-Grueter said it best when she described the Expert's belief that they know e...

24 Sep 4min

This is the Expert stage of ego development - the second of three Conventional levels, and the fifth stage of 10 overall.We can best sum it up by saying that the Expert's identity is fused with their ...

23 Sep 1h 12min

Some telltale signs of the Conformist stage: sensitivity to criticism, dependence on authority, and they champion their chosen group's values and motifs.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 16th episod...

21 Sep 6min