Know yourself

One of the most important learning processes that every person must carry out during his or her personal development is to know oneself. When we are able to meditate on how we project ourselves to society and what image is perceived by those who interact with us, we can understand more deeply what are the characteristics and distinctive features that stand out from our personality. Knowing ourselves can be much more complex than it seems, this act involves a great effort and emotional detachment on our part, in order to appreciate reality as unbiased as possible.

During the development of this guide we will be addressing some of the most important points that revolve around the need to know ourselves in order to identify our shortcomings and strengths to build a better version of ourselves.

How to start getting to know ourselves?

One of the most effective ways to start getting to know ourselves is to work on identifying behavioral patterns. Behavioral patterns are a series of actions that we tend to repeat every time we face similar situations. If we are able to identify these patterns, it is likely that we will be able to predict what our reaction to a given circumstance will be, making it easier for us to shape our behavior and act in a coherent way, according to our personal interests.

It is easy to identify a pattern of behavior when we are aware of our daily behavior, the best way to carry out this exercise is by practicing self-perception, which would be something like observing ourselves. If we see that every time we sleep badly we start to treat those we interact with badly, we could be dealing with an identified behavior pattern.

Having mastery of this information will give you a considerable advantage when it comes to learning how to improve in these aspects, since you will now be able to control and anticipate some key elements, thanks to the information that knowing yourself gives you.

Use the knowledge you have about yourself to avoid mistakes.

As we mentioned before, the knowledge you have about yourself allows you to predict a series of reactions and behaviors under certain circumstances. Knowing that you are prone to make bad decisions at certain times, that it is difficult for you to remain calm in a particular situation or that you are much better at reasoning on a full stomach, just to cite a few examples, it is possible to show a more effective side of your personality and enhance the aspects that you want to be perceived of your person, so you will also be avoiding acting at times when the chances of making a mistake are higher than usual.

Work on improving the weak aspects you have identified.

When you have been constantly practicing self-perception for some time with the aim of learning more about yourself, it is likely that you will begin to detect a number of aspects that threaten a better overall version of yourself. These aspects can not only be accurately identified, but with the right commitment and effort on your part, they can be improved so that they do not interfere with your personal development. Work on improving the weak aspects that you have identified, so that you can prevent them from playing against you at decisive moments.

Knowing yourself is the best tool for self-improvement that you have at your disposal, use it to your advantage and use the information received to improve each of the aspects mentioned above.