<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Changing yourself takes time, it is incremental... > {{Changing yourself takes time, it is incremental and can seem like hypocrisy to judging observers.}} {{While developing yourself you may reverse opinions, contradict yourself and seem inconsistent with your beliefs and actions.}} {{Don't allow people to control you with the consistency trap.}} {{Consistency has been weaponized.}} {{Don't let consistency be used against your holistic being and full-spectrum intelligence.}} You are not illogical. You are not stupid. {{Being 'smart' is a total spectrum of behaviors; it is about balance — not just intellect.}} Your opinions matter, and you can even change them! {{You can say things that are completely wrong and still be a part of a legitimate dialogue.}} You can do things that are completely wrong and still be a part of a legitimate evolution. {{You are an amorphous being and can change your views, opinions, ideas, and beliefs at will and as frequently as you desire.}} {{You are allowed to be inconsistent, contradictory and unbound by conventions such as sanity, intelligence or making sense.}} {{When you reserve the right to total contradiction, you reserve the self-acceptance to be human.}} **Source:** [[books/Simple Reminders Book (2014-2018)|Simple Reminders]] <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->