The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- How others see us is often a distorted version of reality we cannot witness.
- In plain terms
- Other people think of us as someone we do not know.
- What can you take from it?
- We never truly know how others perceive us.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who are you to others?
- Can you ever know how you are seen?
Another view
Sometimes people accurately understand us despite the gap.
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