Donald Robertson

So he basically implies to Alcibiades that engaging in philosophical dialogue or conversation with other people is a mirror for our own soul. And he understands that we're biased. I mean, he was, again, way ahead of his time in this regard. And by the way, this is another problem for modern self-help, right? So there are many problems with self-help.

So he basically implies to Alcibiades that engaging in philosophical dialogue or conversation with other people is a mirror for our own soul. And he understands that we're biased. I mean, he was, again, way ahead of his time in this regard. And by the way, this is another problem for modern self-help, right? So there are many problems with self-help.

So he basically implies to Alcibiades that engaging in philosophical dialogue or conversation with other people is a mirror for our own soul. And he understands that we're biased. I mean, he was, again, way ahead of his time in this regard. And by the way, this is another problem for modern self-help, right? So there are many problems with self-help.

One of the problems with self-help is the self part.

One of the problems with self-help is the self part.

One of the problems with self-help is the self part.

right the person in a sense the person least qualified to help you like is your because i don't know if you've noticed that there's actually research that shows this right i'm going all over the place sorry but that i interviewed recently a guy called igor grossman who you should speak to right he's a professor at the university of waterloo who does research on the nature of wisdom

right the person in a sense the person least qualified to help you like is your because i don't know if you've noticed that there's actually research that shows this right i'm going all over the place sorry but that i interviewed recently a guy called igor grossman who you should speak to right he's a professor at the university of waterloo who does research on the nature of wisdom

right the person in a sense the person least qualified to help you like is your because i don't know if you've noticed that there's actually research that shows this right i'm going all over the place sorry but that i interviewed recently a guy called igor grossman who you should speak to right he's a professor at the university of waterloo who does research on the nature of wisdom

right and he has research that shows that confirms the suspicion that we all have that we're much better at giving other people advice than we are giving ourselves advice right this is a sensitive subject for psychotherapists right because all we do is give other people advice and stuff but if you go to a psychotherapy conference and walk in the door you would notice immediately that it's full of some of the craziest people you ever meet in your life

right and he has research that shows that confirms the suspicion that we all have that we're much better at giving other people advice than we are giving ourselves advice right this is a sensitive subject for psychotherapists right because all we do is give other people advice and stuff but if you go to a psychotherapy conference and walk in the door you would notice immediately that it's full of some of the craziest people you ever meet in your life

right and he has research that shows that confirms the suspicion that we all have that we're much better at giving other people advice than we are giving ourselves advice right this is a sensitive subject for psychotherapists right because all we do is give other people advice and stuff but if you go to a psychotherapy conference and walk in the door you would notice immediately that it's full of some of the craziest people you ever meet in your life

like you're saying that being able to give advice to other people is not reliable evidence that you can give advice to yourself yeah but over time i think if you approach it in the right way and i think it has something to do with empathy right if you identify with your clients in a sense that you you put yourself in their shoes and you empathize with them you might to put it very simply start to think maybe i do some of the things that they do to

like you're saying that being able to give advice to other people is not reliable evidence that you can give advice to yourself yeah but over time i think if you approach it in the right way and i think it has something to do with empathy right if you identify with your clients in a sense that you you put yourself in their shoes and you empathize with them you might to put it very simply start to think maybe i do some of the things that they do to

like you're saying that being able to give advice to other people is not reliable evidence that you can give advice to yourself yeah but over time i think if you approach it in the right way and i think it has something to do with empathy right if you identify with your clients in a sense that you you put yourself in their shoes and you empathize with them you might to put it very simply start to think maybe i do some of the things that they do to

Maybe by helping them to see through their own mistakes and to troubleshoot them, I could kind of indirectly learn something about myself. But we're better at giving other people advice. It's been proven by Professor Grossman's research than we are at giving ourselves advice. And Socrates seems to realize this.

Maybe by helping them to see through their own mistakes and to troubleshoot them, I could kind of indirectly learn something about myself. But we're better at giving other people advice. It's been proven by Professor Grossman's research than we are at giving ourselves advice. And Socrates seems to realize this.

Maybe by helping them to see through their own mistakes and to troubleshoot them, I could kind of indirectly learn something about myself. But we're better at giving other people advice. It's been proven by Professor Grossman's research than we are at giving ourselves advice. And Socrates seems to realize this.

This is partly why he thinks engaging in philosophical dialogue about the most important questions in life, as he puts it, is so important. This provides the best mirror he can imagine for learning about our own soul, our own mind, and coming to know ourselves, knowing our strengths and weaknesses, our limitations, and so on.

This is partly why he thinks engaging in philosophical dialogue about the most important questions in life, as he puts it, is so important. This provides the best mirror he can imagine for learning about our own soul, our own mind, and coming to know ourselves, knowing our strengths and weaknesses, our limitations, and so on.