Taking Control of How Others Perceive You
And being authentically you.
Who are you? What are you like?
The answer to these questions depends on your self-identity. What do you think of yourself? Are you defined by how others perceive you?
For political philosopher Hannah Arendt, it’s only through public actions that our identity is formed; the person we are is exactly who is seen by others.
Alternatively, for those who adopt a Cartesian View, we are our minds, which are hidden from the outside world. Even if others think they know who we are, they will never truly know what’s going on in your head.
Whatever your view, we can agree on one thing: our view of how others perceive us is often wrong.
We all hold biases about ourselves and often think we’re better or worse at something than we are. Because of these preconceptions, it’s incredibly difficult to know what we look like in others' eyes. They are so defined that some theories claim you wouldn’t even recognize your doppelganger if you met them.
These preconceptions also impact how we perceive others.
“People seldom change. Only their masks do. It is only our perception of them and the perception they have…
