{"id":236,"date":"2020-11-22T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communityconnection.beautyforashesempowerment.com\/home\/?p=236"},"modified":"2022-08-11T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T01:34:09","slug":"the-rules-of-self-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communityconnection.beautyforashesempowerment.com\/home\/the-rules-of-self-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rules Of Self-Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Knowledge is power, but many of us lose sight of this in our quest for… well, both. In truth, the path from one to the other is not a straight line, rather there are steps in between. Knowledge leads to awareness (or self-understanding), which leads to control and thus power. Of course, the aspect of this path that we’re interested lies in self-understanding.<\/p>\n

Consuming knowledge or pursuing it should <\/em>help you garner enough wisdom that you can use it to increase your knowledge and understanding of self. It’s all about awareness.<\/p>\n

With self-understanding comes an ability to make sense of not just yourself, but also of the world around you. The transformation shifts you from a place of cluelessness to a state of understanding, control, and power.<\/p>\n

How, though, do you follow the path from knowledge to the ultimate goal? These, my friends, are the rules of self-understanding.<\/p>\n

Know Thyself <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Well, this might seem fairly obvious considering we’re discussing self-understanding \u2013 but it’s a pretty important step. You need to recognize the various emotions that you experience and understand the feelings that are coming from them and understand exactly how you think and act because of those emotions.<\/p>\n

Just consider the lengths that professional athletes go to in order to recognize the feelings that could impair their game \u2013 they seek the assistance of therapists to analyze emotions to overcome them in an effort to do better. This allows them to beat anger, to overcome frustration, and to focus on their overall performance without being distracted by the noise.\"\"<\/p>\n

This is part of self-understanding \u2013 understanding your weaknesses, your limits, your strengths, and knowing where your confidence lies so that even when faced with great challenges you have the knowledge required to overcome them.<\/p>\n

Thought leader, Daniel Goleman, states that there are three competencies that are associated with self-awareness \u2013 emotional self-awareness being the first, the ability to accurately assess self being the next, and the final one being self-confidence. Of course, self-understanding and self-awareness are the fruit of the same tree.<\/p>\n

Developing a Sense of Self-Understanding <\/strong><\/h3>\n

This isn’t a case of being born with a level of self-understanding, rather, it’s something that you can actively develop. Part of that comes from what we mentioned above about accurate self-assessments. In business, leaders often ask colleagues and subordinates to fill out a survey about their performance.<\/p>\n

Some of it may be difficult to take, but we all have blind spots \u2013 so, remember this as you rate your strengths and weaknesses. No, you don’t have <\/em>to ask for feedback from others \u2013 this is about you. You may also want to consider an assessment test that will profile your personality, abilities, values, and skills.<\/p>\n