Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done (2012) [pdf]
I found the slide for &quot;Cognitive behaviour model of depression&quot; very interesting, it&#x27;s probably the best visualisation of depression taking over someones mind leading to a paralysis where simple tasks become something else and chaos emerges.<p>Ego does, sometimes, gets in the way of getting things done but without it we wouldn&#x27;t care to launch anything new&#x2F;groundbreaking. Without our Ego as creator, we would have no soul in my opinion.<p>Anyone who freelances, creates something alone, goes solo as a startup founder etc. needs these &quot;cognitive distortions&quot;&#x2F;&quot;mental disorders&quot;, I see them as necessary beliefs. The opposite would be someone who just blends into and becomes yet another functional toothed wheel without any manifestation of desires. A good portion of our society is like these, some people don&#x27;t want more and are happy&#x2F;contented.<p>We need these self beliefs&#x2F;&quot;lies&quot; to wake up on the next day and keep moving forward. I guess this is a form of inner power&#x2F;motivation without relying on our environment and&#x2F;or friends. As a solo freelancer, I do &quot;suffer&quot; from some of these because at the end of day: this is what drives me forward.