In order to become comfortable with self-improvement one must first be uncomfortable with the initial growth. Eventually, the next-level technique of existential masochism can be used, and the discomfort will be instantly reconciled into comfort. But first, self-inflicted alchemy is necessary.
You can call it shock value, a wake-up call, ruthless initiation, or vigilant vicissitude, either way it is self-inflicted when used as a tool toward leveraging a leap of courage. And it is alchemical when a thesis of self and an antithesis of self are separated and then integrated into a more robust, more resilient, more antifragile synthesis of self.
As such, self-inflicted alchemy can be broken down into three key transformations (or praxis): separating healthy from unhealthy, separating rigidity from resilience, and separating uncertainty from certainty. Let’s break it down…<<<Read More>>>...
