Who are you?!!

It has been said that there are three versions of yourself.  How you see yourself.  How others see you. And How you really are in reality.  This is an interesting thought to me but I would argue that there's only two basic versions.  How you see yourself and how others see you.  The way that you "really" are in reality is impossible to determine because there is in-fact no objective measure.  Everyone who has a view of you, translates their view, through the perception that they have of reality.  That does however mean there numerous possible views of you that other people can have because each person has their own paradigm thru which they view who you are. 

The disparity between your view of yourself and others view of you is important because it is a measure of how out of touch (or in touch) with reality you are.  When you view yourself as dapper and genius however you are often sporting sweat pants at the electronics boutique and use all of your glial cells to strategize your next move in WOW it's likely the disparity between your views of yourself and others views of you is much greater than it should be.  This is significant because if we as humans are to improve ourselves we first have to view ourselves honestly, or as honestly as possible.  We have to try to see ourselves how others see us.  Without this introspection we are just merely another egotistical being clamoring about life like a bull in a china shop trying to prove to others that we are in-fact who we think we are, rather than systematically evaluating ourselves and modifying our behaviors to try to become that which we want to be. 

Having said all that, there are many types of people who fall into the category of unrealistic self views, but none are more deluded than the almighty Harley rider.  Have you ever talked to one?  Have you noticed they think they are extremely cool, but the only people who see them as cool are other deluded Harley riders?  Well, maybe adolescent boys that want to be noticed too....but that's certainly not a redeeming population. They go around revving their bikes and acting like asses, thinking they are cool, thinking people are talking about what bad asses they are.  Really what people are really saying about them is: they are very annoying and immature.   

So my point in all this is don't go thru life like the proverbial Harley rider, know yourself, know who you are, know how other people see you and know how to change yourself so people see you as who you feel that you are.