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comment by Gordon Seidoh Worley (gworley) · 2019-12-27T23:02:04.652Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I think this is great advice. I find in myself and others a common source of psychological shadow is the blocking out of parts of the self in a failed attempt to achieve an end that is ultimately counterproductive even if it occasionally works in limited circumstances.
comment by Pongo · 2020-05-29T21:45:43.467Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Better to want two things, suffer the conflict and loss, and achieve one thing, than to want no things and achieve no things.
I would say "Better to want two things, suffer the conflict and loss, and achieve no things, than to want no things and achieve no things."