HOW TO UNDERSTAND YOURSELF

At times, we tend to take away the light from ourselves when we choose to judge others not minding the fact that they have weaknesses that they are working on while we also should work on ourselves. The following are the best ways to understand yourself:

1.       Check where you are

This would better help you to understand the kind of person that you are because you cannot stay for too long in a place that profits you nothing. Of all the places to be in the world so far, your comfort zone is the worst.

2.       Check who your friends are

At times, we tend to become so attached to people that what they do would probably turn out to be what we are going to do. To properly understand yourself, better tell yourself the truth by studying those people that you are walking with to know if they’re the right kind of people to be with.

3.       Who is your role model?

I do not have to ask the question of whether you have one because almost everyone does. The person that you look up to in the society can play a vital role in your life. Either for good or for bad, whichever way, it is up to you to decide.

4.       Check the meaning of your name

I know that you might wonder where this one is coming from but no one knows tomorrow. Our people say that one’s name follows one. So, you are more likely to behave how you are called. If your name is a stubborn one then there you go, if it is a strong one then the same thing applies and if it is a weak one then you might consider changing it. For your own good, answer names that bring fortunes to you not bad luck, if there is anything like luck.

5.       Check where you want to be

It is only when you are drunk that you would dream of being a place that is worse than where you’re now. Obviously, you are not drunk. So, you can read the handwriting on the wall clearly. Foresee a better future for yourself because where you are now can be just a ladder to use and climb to the next level.

6.       Check your childhood pictures

That would go a long way in helping you to understand who you are.

7.       Listen to yourself

Before you talk to people with a harsh voice, listen to yourself. Does that describe the type of person that you are? If you are spoken to in that manner, will you like it? I am not even suggesting that you should look into the mirror because for all that I know, a mirror does not tell who harsh or smooth that your voice is. So, make a video coverage at times or make an audio recording of your voice for easy recognition. Do not be lost in the crowd but let your voice be heard!

 

8.       Check your primary or nursery school report

If you have gone for in life that you no longer understand who you are then you must bend down and pick something and that thing is an early childhood report of you from an academic professional who knows you very well as at them. It could be that of your form master, principal or class monitor, whichever one, just read the comments that they made on your performance.

9.       Assess yourself

It is not bad if you do so. At least, it would give you an inkling as to whether you are going forward in life or backward.

10.   Improve

If you find out that there are loopholes in your life then you need to do so because life itself is like a written computer program codes. At times, you have to ‘debug’ in order to achieve maximum impacts!

11.   Respect others

You have no other option than to do so because you actually do not know what they are passing through in life.

12.   Keep a diary

A day-to-day recording of your activities would help you to understand the kind of person that you are because a written note does not lie excepted if it has been tempered with.

13.   Write a book

I am not talking about selling a novel yet; just write a book.

14.   Ask questions

Our people say that the inability to ask question before eating brings about the inability to stay sick for long before giving up the ghost. If there is anything that you are confused about then just ask question. In life, nobody is an island of knowledge and it is widely believed that an iron sharpens an iron. So, I cannot say otherwise.

15.   Check where you have been.

It all boils down to who you have always been; if you are not ok with your present status then do well to change it.

I must say in addition to these that the list was not penned down in any particular other. So, you can suit yourself.