perception and the self..

the way we perceive ourselves and others,i feel is greatly influenced by the modern er we live in with everyone now bein more content to conform to society's meaningless rat race than search the individual in us. see what happens is we are greatly influenced by things like the current music culture,fashion and even in school!! everyone wants to fit it at whatever cost...which means changin the impression of oneself among others. but what people dont understand is that it is our own narratives that makes us who we are...they tell our story s in the end its goin to be the story of the life of bala by bala not the story of the life of bala by someones else...so i think one of the most perceptual tendencies we have is letting someone dictate who we are or simply lettib them live throuhg us vicariously. this kind of dilemma is rife mostly in school,the way we judge ourselves a nd others is influence mainly by our external and internal environment(sometimes the main cause for prejudice??). the greatest challenge for youth today i think is individuality...and thats often determined by the way we view ourselves...i mean if you're gonna tell yourself you're gonna fail that math test then its gonna show...i mean you wont make an effort to study,walkin into that test even your body language will show that you're indifferent to the situation...so perceiving the self is all bout what the mind is willin to be told...but if you think like a champion,walk like a champion and act like a champion...then everyone around you will know you're a champion...whats even better is YOU yourself will feel like a champion...and believe me thats half the battle won.

i think everone goes through an id crisis sooner or later in their lives..."oh she doesnt think im popular..should i change the people i hang out with?" or "oh he didnt like my hairstyle today.. should i change it?". the kind of questions that people ask themselves everyday...so why do we manage our identities so carefully?? it is because we want to communicate that we are a someone in this world....we want to have status,we want to be noticed. but bein an effective communicator can get you all that without you havin to change yourself or your ideals. how we manage impressions simply depends on the initial impression we have of ourselves...then communicatin that to others will be a sinch. they'll see it in our body language..the way we ourselves talk and the way handle ourselves.

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