My experience of how I manage my own life and how I see other people managing their lives shows me that we are very good at judging ourselves but not as good at really seeing ourselves. We can pinpoint why we are not 10 out of 10 when looking at our achievements, our behaviours, the way we complete tasks and how we have grasped certain skills in our lives. However, instead of focusing on how we got to the score we gave ourselves and by doing that realising that we have many strengths and natural talents we focus on the GAP – why we are not the perfect 10.
Self-analysis is an essential and positive way to develop, grow and maintain happiness in our lives if it is used in the correct way. The article to follow will offer 5 steps to improving an identified area of your life.
Enjoy the journey and learn to celebrate every step of the way!
Take time to think about what you want, study where you are at and how you got there and then act on how to improve your identified behaviour.
Step one:
What is currently holding you back from doing/achieving/being/having what you want?
How would you describe your answer in a behavioural word?
Step two:
Rate yourself on your identified behavioural word:
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Step three:
How did you get to the score (5 in this example) you have awarded yourself? List your behaviours, characteristics and beliefs:
Step 4:
What would it feel like to be a 10?
Step 5:
What action, behaviour, task could you do to get one step closer to a 10 and one step away from the score you have given yourself?
One step closer to 10:
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One step away from your score: (If you scored a 5 for example what would 6 be?)
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Manage the GAP!
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Lao Tzu
“Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.”
Confucius
“Ninety per cent of the world’s woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.”
Sydney J. Harris
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