The model
Six elements that make you who you are
Your behaviour is not random, and it is not simply "who you are". It is the output of a system of elements that interact constantly and change over time. Propiology maps them so you can understand the system and start working with it on purpose.
An input–output system
Put very simply, the senses are the input and behaviour is the output. In between, your narrative, the external world you carry inside, your body and the people around you modulate everything. None of the elements is isolated, and none is static: they adjust to your environment and to your own behaviour.
Life narrative
The story you tell yourself about who you are, where you come from and where you are going. It defines the reality you live.
Your life narrative is the story you tell yourself about who you are, where you come from and where you are going. It is not decoration: it decides what you see, what you try and what you don't even dare to try. Believing is seeing, and a story can be rewritten. The other five elements feed this story, sometimes from outside and very often from within.
Go deeper into life narrative →Senses and perception
The mechanisms through which you perceive reality. Perception is a construction, not a copy of the world.
Your senses do not deliver objective reality: they deliver data that your brain then interprets. That interpretation is shaped by attention, expectation and past experience. You see what you expect to see and hear what you are listening for. Perception is a construction, not a recording, and knowing your own biases is one of the most useful things you can learn.
External world
Culture, education, beliefs and environment. The "external" is really an internal representation.
Culture, education, beliefs and the places you move through form the frame through which you interpret everything. Culture, like an accent, is almost impossible to hear in yourself, yet it shapes every judgement you make. Beliefs work as filters: "effort always pays off" and "nothing depends on me" produce completely different responses to the same obstacle. And what feels "external" is really an internal representation you carry with you.
Your body
Your anatomy and physiology: the structure that sustains life and the stage for all your experience.
Your anatomy and physiology are the stage on which all your experience happens. Sleep, physical activity, food and your hormonal state directly affect how you think, feel and behave. A tired body sees threat where a rested body sees a challenge. Before you can change your mind, take care of your body.
Behaviour
The observable expression of your decisions, emotions and actions. System 1 and System 2: conscious focus can adjust it.
Behaviour is the output: what you actually do. Most of it runs automatically (System 1), shaped by habits, your mood (the emotional weather you are operating in) and your personality (your relatively stable patterns of thinking and feeling). Conscious focus (System 2) can adjust it. Understanding that behaviour is contextual and largely automatic is not a reason for helplessness; it is a reason to work on the elements that produce it.
Circle of love
The people around you, who affect you and are affected by your behaviour: those who "resonate" with you.
You don't live alone. Your circle of love is the people around you who affect you and are affected by what you do: those who "resonate" with you. Behind every project, institution or result there are always people. Caring for that circle is an extension of caring for yourself, and it is where your self-knowledge becomes meaningful.
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