Raising a child who is self-motivated requires a balanced approach that can be difficult to figure out. Thankfully, many parents before us and after us have been able to achieve this.

You don’t need to go the whole way toward the Buddhist self-abnegation of no ego, but you can absolutely enjoy the peace, harmony, and happiness that your quiet ego will bring you.

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Self-sabotage is a potent destroyer of self-esteem as it generates intense feelings of shame and guilt. Addiction, mental illness, and repressed anger are among the common triggers of self-sabotage.

While all of those are currently operated by human beings, they could be self-driving in the future, he said; continuous AI technology will be required for them to work.