See Yourself As Others Do
Monday, December 29th, 2008
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Looking within yourself is an essential part of self awareness, but without the ability to see yourself as others do, you won’t be able to manage what you communicate about yourself to others. The ability to connect what’s going on inside of you to how you appear on the outside is essential for communicating the right things about yourself, rather than leaving it up to the interpretation of others. The following steps will allow you to see yourself as others do.
How To Embrace Your Worst Qualities
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
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“To confront a person with their own shadow is to show them their own light.” - Carl Jung
As you learn about yourself, the discoveries you make about your personality, your passions, and how you want to live are exciting and energize you for the journey ahead. But, inevitably, you will also learn things that are unpleasant or downright ugly. What you do with these “ugly” discoveries is more important than what you do with your pleasant discoveries. Knowing and embracing your worst qualities is the key to being your whole self. Here is how to embrace your own worst qualities.
Lost? Find Yourself Again.
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
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Do you find yourself feeling harried and rushed throughout the day? Are you desperate to rest, but can’t seem to sit still? Does it seem that there is a never ending stream of activity that you must respond to?
This is an uncomfortable way to exist, but once you get started it’s hard to leave it behind. How do you leave it behind? Come back to your “Center” regularly.
It’s Not Easy To Know What You Want
Monday, August 18th, 2008
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Have you ever asked yourself what you wanted out of life? What was the answer you got? Was there a clear image of what you wanted to do, be and have that you felt strongly about? Or were there vague ideas that you weren’t sure how you felt about?
It seems that knowing what you want should be easy. I mean, you’re the only one who can really know the answer to this question, so you should be able to answer it, right?
Self Awareness Leads To The Life You’ve Always Imagined
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
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“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” - Joseph Campbell
“Be Yourself” is a popular piece of advice. Everyone likes to hear it, yet what does it really mean? The Ancient Greeks said to “Know Thyself,” but why is it so important to know who you are? The concept of Self is not that clear, yet we all seem to sense a pattern of qualities, traits and characteristics that are completely one’s own.
How do you come to know who you are? This seems to be a silly question as you spend every minute of your life with yourself, yet we can still be astonishingly ignorant about who we really are.