The World Beyond Our Own Story

Infinite Threads with Bob Barnett · Oct 1, 2026 · 11m · transcript

Welcome back to Infinite Threads. I’m your host Bob.

Yesterday, we turned the mirror toward ourselves.

We talked about self-awareness—recognizing the fears, habits, memories, and old wounds we carry into a room with us.

Today, I want to turn the mirror back around.

Because once we understand ourselves a little better, we have more room to notice everybody else.

I call that outward awareness.

It’s related to empathy, but it isn’t quite the same thing.

Empathy asks us to enter another person’s experience.

Outward awareness begins by remembering that the experience is there.

A lot of life can be…