# Identity and ideas | Seth's Blog

<https://seths.blog/2021/05/identity-and-ideas/>

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## What Jamie wrote

I have been thinking about identity some recently. When you work to improve yourself, change your habits, or otherwise explore new things you end up bouncing up against identity at some point. I dig Godin's comments here.

> The most successful problem solvers are people who have embraced this simple method – _your current idea isn’t your identity, it’s simply a step closer to a solution to the problem in front of you_.
> 
> One way to define our identity is to fall in love with an idea (often one that was handed to us by a chosen authority). Another is to refuse to believe our identity is embodied in an idea, and instead embrace a method for continually finding and improving our ideas.

Embracing ideas into your identity is both powerful but also potentially very limiting.

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