Know yourself is the first key step to become more effective, more mature, and gain more emotional and social intelligence.
To know yourself, you can try the two areas first:
- Learn and know your inclination and propensity of doing things. Notice those things you can do without “too much effort”, those things that seem coming to you naturally. These are likely your borne talent, strength.
- Loosen and stretch your mind muscle. Your mind is made of muscle. To grow your mind grow, you need soften and loosen it. In reality, you do not need to form any judgement quickly. Take your time and consider a wide range of possibilities before forming a judgement.
I have noticed that I form my opinion quickly very often. Study has shown that many of us do this all the time to seek for internal safety. This is also called negative capability, which means we are all capable to do this.
This negative capability is actually an advantage for our development. Be aware of your negative capability when it happens, observe it, and it can open other possibility – for us. It provide us the opportunity to consider other wide range of possibilities.
Practice your mind for reflection, observation, and reflection, think, re-think what happens to you.
This can make your mind flow, become more fluid, and prepare your mind for all possibility.
You know this: Chance only favors the prepared minds.
Know yourself first is to know others better.
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