You know your weak spots better than anyone, so…

You know your weak spots better than anyone, so when you take a swing at yourself, it’s definitely going to do some damage.

— from The Mind in the Cockpit · It’s all in your Head, written by Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine

In the book

Stay alert, then, to the bias and self-deception baked into your own judgments. Some of it is almost sweet — falling in love is itself a willing self-deception, a happy agreement to ignore certain facts — and some of it is brutal: because you know your own weak spots better than anyone alive, the attacks you launch at yourself land with deadly accuracy. From it grow the familiar distortions. — The Mind in the Cockpit

We say things to ourselves we would never let another soul say to someone we love. You know your own weak spots better than anyone alive, so when you take a swing at yourself, it does real damage. We do things to ourselves, and think things about ourselves, that we would never permit anyone else to do or say. […] Keep an inner scorecard. Measure yourself by your own honest standard, not by the crowd's; and root your worth in the kind of person you are and the skills you hold, not in your latest accomplishment. Talk to yourself like someone you love. Catch the inner bully in the act; aim for excellence but never let perfectionism stop you from trying; and refuse to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Build your character on purpose. You are not set like plaster: pick one trait, set small goals, act the part, and track it in a log. — The Relationship With Yourself (Traits/Reflection)

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