HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOURSELF?

That sounds like a crazy question, doesn't it? I mean we hang out with ourselves all the time. But just because we are used to thinking about ourselves in a certain way, doesn't mean our thinking is accurate.

Good, bad or indifferent we all have an image we believe in and try to portray to others. At one time or another, we all have no doubt asking ourselves, "why is this happening to me and ", "why am I frustrated "Don't we sometimes ask ourselves those questions? Yes, we do!!!

This difficult but important question nudges us closer to a better understanding of ourselves and others. If they go unanswered, we become stuck in a cycle; continually repeating the past and forever on the defensive taking control of our life's that we can find the answers. But until you know your strengths and weaknesses, you cannot succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word.

Self-awareness can consider yourself and your relationship with the world around you. Also, it is the ability to know your emotions and perceptions are influencing your thinking and behaviour. This is important because all things being equal more people are undone by behavioural issues than anything else.

Our behaviour is a reflection of our thoughts.

Yet very few people stop and think, and hence they do what they do. Knowing oneself is not a simple task and often goes undeveloped because we tend to resist it.

Our vision of our inner world does not come naturally to us as our ability to perceive the outer world. It is nevertheless a learnable skill that with some direction, time and effort we can get good or better at. This is how we get in the way of our growth and happiness.

Part of the tricky is our propensity to fool ourselves. It’s willful blindness. In other words, we cannot even trust our minds, because the human mind is incapable of seeing things in a completely honest, straightforward manner. We hide things from ourselves. After all, when we find out who we are we might not like the person we find. Humility is the lubricant for overcoming the friction created by how we too see ourselves and how we are. It allows us to accept the reality that we have weaknesses and underlines a teachable mindset.

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