If you want to understand who you are, all you need to do is discover where your current focus and attention lies.

This is complete nonsense. All you discover is were your current focus is, and whether its your choice or conditioned. It says absolutely nothing about who you are. There are other things you have to do to arrive “there”. I wonder who gave you your PhD O_o

you can shine that spotlight onto what you want, rather than what you’ve been conditioned to want

You mean away from money, success, and their friends? Because that’s what we are conditioned toward, and you contribute to it. But it’s hard to believe that you are not aware of it. So, I guess, you just don’t care. Or are you really in such a denial? I’m really curious.