> It doesn't mean that you let your Id rule and disrespect everyone around you. It means to do things natural to you and in line with your instincts. > Have yo

> It doesn't mean that you let your Id rule and disrespect everyone around you. It means to do things natural to you and in line with your instincts. > Have you ever seen a really effective kindergarten teacher? Or salesman? Or engineer? They are naturally inclined to do what they do and have the instincts through education and experience to just do what others need to think about. I rather be frank: You identify "use your insticts" with "be yourself". But claiming with your examples this is a good strategy in general means having a trendemous selection bias. Most people simply don't have such insticts - only few people are very empathic, i.e. for many people "use your insticts"/"be yourself" simply leads by definition to problems. For example many "nerds" really "use their insticts"/"be theirselves". The fact that "nerdiness" is considered a bad trait rather falsifies your claim.