Concept — Know Thyself

• Canonical name: Know Thyself
• Aliases: the personal-story ritual, whakapūpūtia mai ō mānuka
• Type: vulnerability / self-disclosure ritual
• Primary chapter: 10 (Authenticity)

Role in the book

The team's structured self-disclosure practice — players present their own life stories to the squad. Vulnerability creates the bundling that strength requires. Echoes the Greek "know thyself" inscription and Brené Brown's research on trust.

Energy / personality

Vulnerable. Intimate. Reverent. Tender.

Visual signature

A bundle of mānuka branches bound with cord on a slate plinth, lit by a single lamp — the bundled branches that cannot be broken.

Source references

• Kerr, J. Legacy, ch. 10 — "Know Thyself"
• SuperSummary, Medium

Confidence

High.