Opinions you copied from a podcast will fold the first time somebody pushes back. Grow ones with roots.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

A borrowed position arrives with conclusions and none of the reasoning, so the first real question finds nothing underneath it. That is not a character flaw, it is what happens when a view gets adopted rather than worked out. Positions you built yourself can bend a long way without collapsing.

Take one thing you believe and argue the other side properly, as though you meant it. Find out where your version holds and where it was only repetition. Whatever survives that is yours, and you will feel the difference the next time it is challenged.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which opinion of yours could you defend without borrowing words?

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