Knowing Yourself Is The Beginning Of Wisdom

Knowing yourself is the first step towards enlightenment. It is important. Knowing yourself lets you live as you would love to. You know who you are, what you want, can separate your dreams from those put on you by others. Above all, you would be in tune with yourself and your decisions.

This is not an easy state to achieve. It takes patience and many other things. I will share a few ways you can get on and hopefully stay on the path to knowing yourself. Things like looking at clues from your daily life.

Let's take a look at a few mnemonic tips that would aid you in this journey

• Values
  The foremost thing to do is to look for the values that define you. Empathy, creativity, etc.To be in tune with yourself, you need to find your basic principles. Those things that make your you. They usually are things you do with ease and have no problem coming to terms with.
  

• Interests
  Discover the things that interest you. Find out what your passions and hobbies are. What grabs your attention? Find it them. For this, you have to ask yourself questions. Maybe take down notes even.
  

• Temperament
  This, as used here, is to describe where you fall on the social ladder. Are you an introvert? Extrovert? On what basis do you make your decisions? Logic or emotions? Knowing these would help you avoid situations where you would not flourish or would feel uncomfortable.
  

• Around -the-clock Activities
  It includes the kind of things you like to do daily. Are you a morning person? What kind of breakfast do you like? Whether you like being punctual or not. These things help you know you and also be able to tell people what lines you would rather they no not cross.
  

• Life mission and meaningful goals
  Another important thing to discover about yourself is related to your goals. Realize what you actually want to become. Life is incomplete without goals and one must discover clues to your hidden identity and to your career. It is, however, important to note that having a goal now will does not mean you can't Chang it. It really is your life. Do not constrict yourself.
  

• Strengths
  It includes both your talents, skills and core skills like love and respect for others, intelligence etc. Knowing your strengths is one of the foundations of self-confidence. Not only strengths but one must also try to discover one's weaknesses.
  

These are Vitals of once self you can work towards, to improving your shortcomings. For the more you are aware of your self the lesser will be your inner conflict because your outer actions will start working as per your inner feelings and values.

when you know your self, you will be able to make better life decision

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