Second, we often avoid voicing even these sentiments.
Like the proverbial elephant in the room, this elephant in the brain is visible to those who search for it, but we often avoid looking at it lest we get discouraged at our selfish behavior.
I have learned we often avoid answering these, especially the trade-off question.
Just like our tendency to avoid mistakes, we often avoid challenges...because, in our brain, "challenge" usually leads to error, or psychological strain, which is painful and unpleasant.
We often avoid discussing death until we are personally affected, but talking openly can stimulate fascinating dialogue about aging, medicine, and dying.
Not only do we often avoid these tasks, we typically spend a great deal of time and energy fretting or thinking about these things.
Just like the way many of us hate the sound of our own voice played back on a recording, we often avoid the sight of our own natural naked body.
We often avoid honestly discerning between the sacred and the profane aspects of what the teacher offers, because it feels like we're shattering the very core of self, and in a way, we are.
4) Seek Higher Ground - Because we often avoid conflict or even when we get into it try to get out of it as fast as possible, we sometimes rush to come up with "solutions" or "compromises" just to stop the conflict.
However, the experience of the self is only partially consciously available to the individual, as we often avoid engaging with painful matters through all sorts of means [ 14].
In companies where we have majority ownership, we will often avoid having any KV partner/employee board members if the company has a good board so we can give the team truly independent input.
