Know Thyself

How well do you really know yourself?

We are all aware of the things that society wants us to do, or the people our families want us to be. Sometimes, it's easy to get caught up in projections of who we are; losing touch with our core values, needs, and desires. And if you don't know yourself very well, it's difficult to choose a life path that makes you feel happy and fulfilled. You may also find yourself getting into relationships that don't really suit you, or you may feel lonely because no one really knows the “real” you.


The Importance Of Self Awareness

Increased self-awareness has wide-ranging positive ramifications. However, one of its most important consequences is increased emotional intelligence. When you're more emotionally intelligent, you're better able to identify and manage your feelings as they come up, neither repressing them nor being lost in them.

Emotionally intelligent people are also more at peace with who they really are, focusing more on meeting their own standards than the standards set by others. Self-awareness and high emotional intelligence are also correlated with greater levels of success. For example, recent psychological studies indicate that many top business leaders have both of these traits, and that plays a key role in their continued achievements.

So, whether you want to excel in your job, are looking to improve the most important relationships in your life or just want to feel more at peace with your own company, you have a lot to gain from working on self-awareness.