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The I and the Me

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Mead divided the self into the I, the spontaneous acting subject, and the me, the internalized expectations of others.

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The impulse to speak up in a meeting is the I; the pause weighing how it will land is the me.

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Neither half is the real self; the self is the ongoing exchange between them.