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Self-Examination Is Everything. Here Is Why

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘Self-examination is about seeing with the ‘eyes of the core.’ The eyes in our head see the physical world around us. The eyes of our core provide insights about our beliefs, thoughts, feelings motives, and actions.’– Tim Irwin, PhD

Why is self-examination so important? It is important because we are human beings. And human beings make mistakes.

Human beings are full of different biases. It is also important because we don’t know who we are.

When you ask people to tell you something about themselves, you will hear stories.

But the reality is a different song. The reality is a foreign language. Why is that? Because they don’t know who they are.

What they know about themselves is what the world has given to them. It is not who they are.

To know who you really are, you must examine yourself. And do not do it if you are not going to use the results to improve your life.

Self-examination is everything. It is your hidden eyes. It is not going to lie to you. If you do it well, you will learn something about yourself.

But if you don’t, you will stay the same. That is why it pays to be real with yourself when you are examining yourself.

Self-examination is about honesty. It is about growth. We grow when we examine ourselves. We move forward when we face what is holding us.

If you are not getting ahead in your life, it pays to talk to your self-examination.

Self-examination helps you get better at what you. It reveals your real self to you.

It points out what you don’t know about yourself. It shows you your weaknesses, your negative thoughts, your biases, your dark side.

It also shows you what you are doing well. When you examine yourself, it brings change to you.

It does not matter what you do, where you are in your life, if you want to get to your next level, you must examine yourself. Because

To achieve greatness in our lives, according to Tim, we must seek to understand and harness the unique forces that will make us more effective as well as to diminish those weaknesses that will render us less so.’

When You Meet People, Always Imagine True Things

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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‘If he be not a true man, he will draw evil out of the best; … if he be a true man, he will imagine true things…’- George MacDonald

We are good at judging people we don’t even know. When we meet other people, instead of focusing on what they are good at, we are after their weaknesses.

We are trying to figure out our differences. We are trying to know where they are different from us. That is wrong!

If you focus on other people’s weaknesses, you will never see their strengths.

If you want to know people, give them time to tell you who they really are. And they will.

Do not judge people before you even know them. We are good at doing that. And that is why we never get it right. Always wrong!

It is always wrong because you can’t judge what you do not know.

How can you judge someone you don’t even know? You can’t. Why is that? Because people are changing. You are changing. I am changing. And the world around you is changing. Nothing stays the same, even dead things.

You are not alone. We judge people every day. To do it right, if it is even right, you must start with yourself.

If you do not know others, you don’t know yourself. If you know other people, you know yourself. Because we see ourselves through the actions of other people.

People are great at heart. Whenever you meet people, do not start by judging them. Instead, give them love. And they will love you back.

Whenever you meet people, focus on what they can do, not on what they can’t do. And they will show you what they can do.