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 I think the seed many people need, is that we missinterprete many things everyday. So to sometimes just turn off the "what think the others"-mechanism and turn on more the compass of "what do I want to achieve?"

And I think this story of the two wolves we have to think of more often:
https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8m0pgumn3h7dze8etmcffkygdm352kr68ghn0fd9ryfl67nt0rrcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qkl8e7s48j6cfr6zrmn53n5l0fsxustszj3fwmu9ahn0tnm9e8euqxpqqqqqqz7y8jje

 
 If it's up your alley, read the Coddling of the American Mind. Talks about mental distortions like catastrophizing, the us vs them mentality, the view that the world is them vs us and a really keen view of how safe spaces and reliance on "the professionals" came to be so prevalent. Gripping stuff.  
 I currently have a lot of stuff to read. And I do read slow and not that many hours a week. So probably I will not take the time to read it. But I hope in a year or so I have capacity to accept book recommendation.