How to know yourself better?
Do you know yourself? Do you know who you really are? How to get to know yourself better?
There are many things you should know about yourself, but first you have to improve your self awareness and. Self awareness means you have to be aware of your habits, behaviors, emotions, and how you react to various situations. Many people don’t understand the depths of their personalities and end up living life not knowing who they really are.
To know yourself and who you are is an on-going journey that doesn’t have an end. What you have to remember is that the more you get to know yourself, the more you will increase your self confidence, the better you will think, the better you will behave, and the faster you will achieve your goals.
How to know yourself
To improve your self awareness and to know yourself better, follow the quick guide below:
1. Know your strengths
Every individual in this world has various talents and skills. You start learning from childhood by observing what others do such as your parents, friends, and family, which psychologists refer to by name of cognitive learning.
What this means is that you first become aware of a certain behavior, then the behavior becomes a new habit of yours as you start applying it to your life.
Start asking yourself questions like “What am good at? What are my strengths? Do I have a good voice than I can develop for singing?” What you have to do is recognize your strongest areas and begin to strengthen your talents.
2. Know your weaknesses
Just like every person, everyone also has some weaknesses along with strengths. Weaknesses could be negative habits, excessive fear, excessive shyness or any habit that is undesirable.
The first step you need to do to overcome your weakness is to recognize that you have one, which is a necessary step you need to take if you want to know yourself better. There are some people who refuse to acknowledge that they do have a weakness, hence they fail to grow, improve, and enhance themselves.
3. Know your purpose
Do you know what you want out of life? What you know what motivates you to give your best? What is your purpose in life?
As I mentioned in my book “the ultimate guide to achieve your goals” you have to know your purpose in life and what you want to achieve and accomplish, otherwise, you would stay living life aimlessly.
When I wanted to find my purpose in life, I had to dig deep inside my soul to find what I really want to achieve. One of the best questions that helped me find my purpose was when I asked myself “What would I be doing if I were a billionaire?” This question has helped me know exactly what I couldn’t live without which is to be in the personal development field to help people accomplish their goals in life and make a positive difference in their lives and mine.
4. Know your beliefs
“Different men have different opinions; some like apples, some onions”
Everyone has his own opinions and beliefs. What you believe in and what you like can be good for you, but not for someone else. The contrary is true as well, what is good for someone else, doesn’t mean it is good for you.
It is ok to believe something that your friend doesn’t believe in. Each has his own opinion, the important part is you have to know your opinions and beliefs, so you can know yourself better.
Let me ask you a question, wouldn’t life be boring if we were all alike? Having different opinions, beliefs, and likes are what make life sweet as there is variety and uniqueness.
Always remember that if you want to live a successful life, you need to know who you are. The more you know yourself, the more successful life you will lead.
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Dia,
I believe self-awareness is one of the biggest keys (or obstacles) to happiness. Once we get a handle on who we are and what we like, then we know what to do to have a peaceful, happy life.
Thanks for your guide – all helpful and important reminders.
Alex
Hi Alex,
Exactly my friend, we have to be aware of our thoughts, behaviours, our beliefs, etc… The more we are aware, the more we start to understand ourselves better. Thanks Alex
When I think of ‘knowing myself’ Dia, I think of action…I think of labor…I think of application.
For example, someone might think when they’re young that they want to be a lawyer, but once they become a lawyer, they realize they hate the job.
This can be applied to any career, but my point is that the only way we can truly learn about ourselves, our likes, our dislikes, our strengths, our weaknesses, etc is through action.
Good stuff bud.
Marcus
Hi Marcus,
Learning from our actions is crucial my friend. Just like you mentioned, we can learn our likes, dislikes, strengths, weakness, etc… Experiences help us find all those things that we need to know about ourselves. Thanks Marcus
Dia: Great post and great advice. I think you are so right that the best thing we can do is to know ourselves. We have to be open to learning about our strengths, weaknesses and all the other things we can about ourselves. It really is how we live and learn and most importantly grow. Great post.
Hi Sibyl,
Exactly my friend. Learning about ourselves is very important, so we can grow as people. This is why knowing who we are is a life journey. We have got to dig inside our souls to know who we really are. Thanks Sibyl
Hi Dia,
I love all your points but today I’m specially tuning into #3 Know your purpose. I often to a check-in to verify if I’m still in alignment with my purpose and passions. We often create a mission statement for our businesses but it’s also important to create one for our lives. Once we write out our mission statement, we can verify every so often if we’re still in alignment with our purpose. I think I’ll write my next post on this topic of writing a mission statement for our lives. Thanks for the inspiration. Loving blessings
Hi Andrea,
I like that you do a “check-in” always to see if you are still in alignment with your purpose. I agree that we have got to create a mission statement and a plan for our lives and really find what we are meant to do on this earth and do it. We have got to find out what we are passionate about. Thanks Andrea
Hey Dia,
Awesome points my friend!
I think point #3 is most important. If you know your purpose then you will feel alive. Just because your living doesn’t mean your alive.
God bless,
William Veasley
Hi William,
Glad you liked it my friend
The most important factor of knowing myself is to believe in myself, to trust in myself. If I can’t do that, at any point in my life, then I don’t truly know myself, and I instead open myself up to having others lead me. This cant be done, as by knowing myself, I’m able to lead myself, against any other attempts to direct my life.
Thought-provoking as always Dia
Hi Stuart,
Believing and trusting yourself is crucial Stuart. You can’t achieve great things without having faith in yourself. Thanks Stu
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Dia,
Great sound and valid tips to teach someone how to know themselves better. Purpose is the fuel that helps you keep going when the going gets rough.
Hi Frank,
Exactly my friend, having a purpose is crucial in life. Without a purpose, we would be lost. It is a journey that it worth taking
Thanks Frank