<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Self-confrontation requires a self sturdy enough... > Self-confrontation requires a self sturdy enough to survive the confrontation. A person whose worth feels conditional experiences every admitted mistake as a verdict on their entire being, so they defend instead of examine. People with secure self-respect are often the most willing to examine their own failures, because an admission costs them a correction rather than an identity. **Source:** [[livestreams/Accountability, Self-Confrontation, and Conscious Change - Workbook|Accountability, Self-Confrontation, and Conscious Change]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Self-confrontation requires a self sturdy enough to survive the confrontation. A person whose worth feels conditional experiences every admitted mistake as a verdict on their entire being, so they defend instead of examine. People with secure self-respect are often the most willing to examine their own failures, because an admission costs them a correction rather than an identity.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-self-confrontation-requires-correction-rather-identity ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->