"IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING YOURSELF"
Any success is attributed to the importance of knowing yourself as it totally depends on it.
Know in your mind and heart what are you capable of accomplishing. When uncertain, then you loose the game right there and then. You cannot accomplish anything when you first do not believe you can.
Keep in mind that every act begins with either a positive or negative thought, whereby positive thoughts gains positive results. Be very certain on what you want to do, to achieve and to become and concentrate on those those each day.
Be enthusiastic in every thing that you wish, small or big and remember that little things when put together become one big thing.
Act on your goals. Take the necessary steps towards achieving it and begin right away. Each day, set up a plan of action and then work on it. At the end of the day, review what you have done and record the same. Then return to your journal each week to see how well you are progressing, or if there are certain acts that needs revising or if you need to take another route.
Look at your goals each day and get inspiration from it. Never allow negative thoughts to invade your mind. even when you see that you are not progressing, continue and be patient. Never let it discourage you. Remember, as they often say "when there is a will, there's always a way". So, stand firm and continue your struggle. Remember that each one encounters problems along the way. Successful individuals however, kept on going when others have quit.
Enhance your knowledge by indulging in inspirational and positive reading materials, talk to successful people and never stop learning. Keep on focusing on success, on your goals. Minimize spending time with people of negative outlook in life as they will often drain and bring you down.
Success is built on the inspiration of all your little dreams and decisions that you have made for a certain inspiration's strength and ready to soar. Take some actions now or else, nothing will happen and they will just remain to be a dream.
Basically, knowing ourselves is one of the most important and probably most challenging tasks we have to undertake. When we truly know who we are and clearly understand what we want, then we have a better option of discovering how to reach our own success, personal fulfilment and happiness.
Knowing your true and innerself will be of great help in working to reach your goals more effectively. It will guide you through the path to success. It will transport you to such calmness so as to improve your attitude as well as your relationships and connections with others.
Some people devote their time helping individuals see and understand things within their innerself which they have long been suppressing their ownselves. This is natural as people are skilled at such hiding games. Often, when one does not wish to cope with a cetain circumstance or situation, one denies that it had transpired, or translates it so to fit a different perception of the world.
Meaning, knowing yourself consequently, empowers and enables you to create different choices.
Success easily come to those with pleasing personalities. However, this does not necessarily mean that you need to do what everyone wishes; rather, acquire a positive attitude of being respectful to the opinion of others at the same time remaining true to one's own beliefs.
Don't expect to suddenly go on certain course and immediately become aware and know yourself. This is a voyage where one can board and allow it to transform your life, for the better. The success of such a journey depends deeply on how bravely you face yourself. On the way, you might discover certain things that you do not like and possibly opt to hide or deny it. Be strong and accept those negative things because it is only by accepting your faults can you truly change for the better.
Be open to accept and listen to the opinion of others, eager and willing to learn. Changing your judgment and views on account of more realiable facts is not a sign of weakness rather of strength in your character. Always be inclined to offer help, be caring and polite but do not forget to keep your own personality.
The basic principle of knowing yourself is that every individual is responsible, in control and generate their own life encounter. This is very much complex that may severely obstructed when one in unconscious of how one functions, or if one has a misunderstanding of Thyself.
Rationalizations are used by many to give justifiable explanation for their actions. One can pretend that the problem is to be blamed on the other person. This is known as projection.
You therefore need to discover and improve your true person and now what others perceive you to be, and also not who you believe you must be, but the person that you truly are. How you manage your life, guide others, take charge, perform and behave in relationships really depends on how effectively you use your strengths and identify your weaknesses that you will discover when you truly know your "self".
Understand how you could guard yourself against responses triggered by emotions. You are vulnerable to miscalculation of judgment should you permit your emotions to interfere. Indeed, everything that one does is based on one's emotions, but angry or careless emotions does not have a place when it comes to decision-making. Take control of your emotions and delay conclusions, decisions and choices when in a very emotional state.
Develop enthusiasm in youself. Enthusiasm draws good relationships and success. It is that positive
outlook that radiates on you that individuals like dealing with. Your positive and enthusiastic outlook will contaminate and encourage those around you to also be enthusiastic and positive, therefore become cooperative.
As well, be ready to face unreasonable and negative people and never let them destroy you. Stay reasonable and calm.
"KNOWING YOURSELF" will enable you to develop your full potential and be happy, contented and fulfilled. Whether one's idea and understanding of success speaks about fulfillment in business, friendship, love, sports, a blend of all of these or another thing altogether, "KNOWING YOURSELF" and working on to change for the better will enable you to achieve your goals. Then, when you reach your goals, indeed you will turn out to be a much happier person, and that is success in its truest sense!
TONY R. MONTERAS (malaking ibon)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
22 March 2009 / 25 Rabi'I 1430 H
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