Three Questions You Must Ask Yourself – אימון אישי תל אביב
Above the entrances to all of the ancient Greek mystery schools, hung a sign saying “Know Thyself”. This is because the more you know yourself, the more chances you have at being a wise, happy, and successful human being.
I want to give you a few tools to help you advance in the area of self-awareness, and the tips exist as three questions you need to ask yourself.
In order to benefit from the 3 questions:
1st – You will need to perform self-analysis
2nd – You will need to document your findings
3rd – You will need to contemplate the meaning of your discoveries
That being said, let’s get into it.
Self-Awareness Questions #1 & 2:
1. What are 10 things you are naturally good at (skillswise)?
2. What are 10 good things about you (personality-wise)?
Whenever I ask my clients these questions, they usually have a hard time coming up 5 things. However, whenever I ask them about things they are NOT good at or things that are bad about them, they are usually able to come up with a long list of things quite easily.
This tells you about the nature of human beings. All of us have the ability to recognize negative aspects about ourselves easily.
The questions above will force you to look at the positive side. I do not expect it to be easy for you to do this. However, list the 10 skills you have, and 10 things good about you. Try it.
Guidelines/Assistance:
- All of the skills you have are verbs, which will end with the letters “ING”.
- Here are some examples of positive personality traits: caring, friendly, smart, funny, etc.
- If you cannot come up with 20 things on your own that is okay. Just ask someone who knows you, and cares about you to help you create your lists.
There are reasons that I want you to create these 2 lists:
* In order to boost your self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-image.
* In order to lead you into the third question directly below this sentence.
Self-Awareness Question #3:
3. What does your “perfect” day look like?
Grab a piece of paper and write it out what a perfect day looks like to you. Make every line on that piece of paper in front of you represent one hour, in an 8-hour day.
If you could spend eight hours every day doing anything that you wanted, what would you do with your time?
Pretend that you had all of the money in the world, and you could do whatever you pleased, anytime you desired to. If you could design your life without money being a concern, what would schedule into your calendar?
You will find that if money was not in the equation, you might say that you would go to the beach and hang out. However, would you want to want to spend every day on the beach for 20 years? You would definitely not.
You would end up looking for inner-fulfillment. So what activities could / would fulfill you?
For Example:
Every day, you wake up at 8am. Every day, you go to the gym at 9am.
What do you choose to do every day at 10am? Is it time to eat breakfast?
What do you choose to do every day at 11am? Do you relax on the beach for one hour?
What do you do every day at 1pm? Is it time to go after inner-fulfillment?
What do you do every day at 2pm – 3pm? Is it time do something you are passionate about?
You get the idea. Create an agenda for the “perfect” day that you could live again, and again. I think you will be surprised about what matters the most to you, and even more surprised about what is actually important to you.
Your Personal Challenge:
Take the time and look into yourself to answer the 3 questions listed above. You deserve the clarity that comes with the answers!