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158 sats \ 4 comments \ @cryotosensei 28 Oct FiresidePhilosophy

I’m quite happy about the Japanese immersion lesson I conducted today. Not bragging, but no one else could have conducted that lesson in such a unique way. I took pictures of my surroundings that depicted Japanese food and featured videos of my children demonstrating Japanese food norms. This lesson has my imprints all over it. Even if I were to leave behind my lesson plan, I doubt if others can replicate it.

In Culinary Class Wars, I had a blast watching all these established chefs pushing their limits, refusing to play safe, serving unconventional dishes in a bid to be creative. Their dedication to their craft is admirable. And I am engaged when I see them making dishes that only they could have made.

Here’s my question. Do you think the notion of being unique is something that you automatically accumulate? As you gain more life experiences, the essence of your takeaways gets absorbed into your psyche? Or do you think that you must consciously hang out your reflections to dry and not let the insights evaporate into nothingness? A quality that needs you to accentuate?

What does being unique mean to you anyway?

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 28 Oct

By design we can not not be unique. From that basis onwards, one can accentuate or smooth those differences. Since being unique is the norm, we rather call "unique" people whose accentuation is a statistical outlier, which must be innate for if it's not original it will not be uniqueness but pretension. Such outliers might be dormant, waiting for a stimulus to bring them up to light. So there's a lot of people who is unique but whose dormant outlier remains unsuspected. Thus, experiences might not create uniqueness but sure they are vital to find it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Akg10s33 28 Oct

I feel the same way when I sell and offer my smartphone accessories!! I think I have specialized very well and the best thing of all is that I have done it with my own effort without attending any school or institute... while I was selling I was researching or investigating more advanced items that adapt to people's needs!! I love what I do... There must be many sellers! But I am unique 🙃

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 28 Oct

I think we're all unique. I've never met two people that are the same. However, we live on a planet that often punishes us for being different. So when you see someone being acting differently, it isn't uniqueness that they are displaying, but bravery. It isn't easy to stand out.

Also, about your lesson. I'd like to congratulate you. It's not often that I feel like I really knocked something out of the park, so god for you. It's a nice feeling.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 28 Oct

For me, being unique means not following the 'herd'!