Last week I said that a person without solid self-awareness is a robotic, reflexive, and manipulated one. That post got a strong response, so let’s explore the subject deeper.
Life without self-awareness can hardly be called life. Because if you don’t have self-awareness, you’re simply a puppet or a robot operated and manipulated by forces outside of yourself.
Who am I?What is the ego?Is ego evil?What is the thing called self?I find it ironic that so many people know about and understand the blockchain, quasars, nuclear fusion and cloning animals – but don’t know who they are.
Most people want to achieve more, tackle an audacious goal, and become successful. What does that success process look like? There are a few important but little-known parts of the equation. They’re tripwires to success, since people trigger them because they’re unprepared for them.
Let being broke, being ridiculed, or being bullied be the fuel that drives you. The first step to helping the poor, downtrodden or exploited is to not be one of them. Decide that you won’t allow anyone to make you a victim, that you will become a victor.
You can only be happy if you are sharing your gifts, whatever they may be, with the world around you. But when you’re seeking validation or approval from others, you edit, restrict, or hide you true gifts. And that is a tragedy.
