The shadows that implicit mental models cast upon our decisions and the stories we tell about our life can be made explicit through focused self-reflection. Such a conscious process can deepen self-understanding and may be a way to alter mental models and open the door to ongoing development throughout life. Self-understanding, which can liberate us from these imprisoning shadows of the past, requires that we become reflective of how these patterns of perceptual bias and behavioral impulses may be a fundamental part of ingrained mental models and inflexible states of mind. Taking time to
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