Tag: know thyself

If You Don’t Understand Something, Do Not Ignore It

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘The greatest forces lie in the region of the uncomprehend.’- George MacDonald

The world is bigger than us. The world is not what you can explore in a day, not even in your lifetime.

So if you are really interested in the world around you, if you want to know more than your own world, if you want to know more than yourself, you must face your own understanding.

If something is new to you, it is an opportunity to get into a different world. Do not waste it!

When you meet other people, especially people who are different from you, who are not from your country, who don’t speak your language, who are struggling to fit into your society, it is an opportunity to get to know them.

It is an opportunity to add value to your own life. It is a great way to check your own past assumptions. And it is a great way to question what you think you already know, especially about other people.

Don’t think you know it all. You don’t know it all. No one knows it all. Why is that? Because the world is bigger than you. It is a global village.

You will learn a lot from other people if you are open to learning.

Remember, learning starts with you. You learn about something when you are really interested in knowing about it. When you are intrested in other people, they will be interested in you.

If you don’t know something, do not just throw it under the rug. Don’t put it aside. Learn more about it. Ask ‘why’ questions.

When it comes to learning, everything is important. When it comes to exploring the world around you, nothing is a waste.

Remember, nothing is a waste if you know what to do with it. If you want to do more, you must understand more. To grow more, you must know more; you must understand more.

If not, you are not going to grow bigger than your own self-created world.

How To Know Yourself Better?

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Woman in Red T-shirt Looking at Her Laptop
Andrea Piacquadio

You have got to be patient with yourself. It takes time to really discover your true self. You cannot know yourself better if you are not honest with yourself. Be honest with yourself. Do not hide behind anything. Do not wear any mask to cover your face. Reveal who you really are to yourself. Don’t do what other people are doing. Do what your heart is telling you to do. You must allow yourself to be yourself. You are still searching for your real self because you haven’t allow your true self to come out.

To know yourself better, you must allow yourself to be vulnerable. You must allow yourself to look foolish. Do your own thing. Follow your own passion. But before you follow your passion, you must find a way to test your passion. Because your passion has to be yours. If not, you are just wasting your time. Norman Vincent Peale said, “Our problem is to become acquainted with our own selves, letting our personalities loose upon the world for the sheer adventure of their full development and in the positive hope that they may in their own way lift the level of humanity.” If you don’t know who you really are, you can’t develop yourself. And if you cannot develop yourself, you cannot develop others.

“To find yourself, think for yourself.”- Socrates

You must do your own thing. It is easier to deceive yourself than to face your own reality. If you can’t face your own reality, if you can’t do your own thing, if you can’t follow your own dream (even if it is unpopular), you are just chasing other people’s dreams. You are just living other people’s lives. It is okay to learn from other people. But live your own life. Be comfortable with your failures. Be comfortable with your mistakes. Be ready to be vulnerable. There can be no progress without vulnerability. If you are not ready to try new things, you are not ready to leave your comfort zone. Whether you are ready to leave your comfort zone or not, know this: “Your true self is not in your comfort zone.” To know yourself better, you must embrace yourself. You must be comfortable looking at yourself in the mirror. And to know yourself, you must look within you. Are you ready?