How to Analyze Yourself
You meet a number of people in a day and whenever a conversation with someone goes beyond 5 minutes, you unconsciously start analyzing them.
Thanks to your new-found judgmental capability, you start observing their behavior, their mannerisms and start making speculations on what they mean when they say certain things. But do you ever peek into yourself instead of others, and try to analyze why you are the way you are? What is the real you? Why do you feel certain things the way you feel them? What do you want? What are you made of? SIGH! Too many questions huh! Let us try to find out some answers:
Know Your Attributes
Are you a serious person or are you humorous? Are you an introvert or an extrovert? You can rest assured that finding the answers to these questions can bring a world of difference to your personality. This difference will only be for the better.
Know Your Temper
How long can you keep yourself from bursting if someone does not leave any stones unturned to infuriate you? What makes you feel hurt? Are you overtly sensitive? Think about these things and be brave enough to let yourself know the answers.
Listen to Your Subconscious Mind
This is all about the conflict you so often face between what seems like the most obvious thingto do in a particular situation and what you feel is right. Usually, one tends to go with what the general outlook is, too embarrassed to show one’s stand on things. However, these are the times you must try and give a chance to what your subconscious mind tells you to do.
Know Your Wants
This does not necessarily mean that you should know your professional goals or something along those lines. Know what you want on a more personal level. What is the company you want to be in? How do you want people to perceive you? Who is that one person you are closest to? There are some who want to feel superior to everyone around them. Are you one of them? (You are pardoned if you are!)
Do Not Compare Yourself to Others
You are unique in your own way. Stop judging yourself based on comparisons with others. Focus on yourself, instead. You have certain good traits you won’t find in people around you. Whilst it’s not bad being your own critic, do stop bleating about your traits. Instead, work on them and try to groom yourself into a better person.
Stop Thinking about What Others Think of You
One thing common about every soul on earth is making decisions based on opinions. We all have opinions about others. What makes things worse is when you give too much importance to others’ opinions about you. ‘What will my classmates think of me if I get this answer wrong?’ or ‘What will my boss think if I ask for a hike?’ are questions that live at the mercy of others’ opinions.
Analyzing yourself helps you know your strengths and weaknesses. It also shows you the direction to become a better person. So, just take a deep breath and let yourself go in. That is the only way to self-analysis, and thereby, to self-discovery. Don’t be a stranger to yourself anymore!
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