Hello and welcome to the the Travelling introvert going totalk about self understanding and the reason this has come up is becausethere's a common thread throughout of the questions that you see online orthrough things that my clients ask me and a lot of it comes down to selfunderstanding. And so I want to talk about why self understanding is important.Self understanding is the ability to understand who you are, what you want todo and what you need to be able to do that. It's the ability to understand yourpersonality, how your mind works, how your body works and how your personalityand how it functions. It's examining understanding and comprehending your ownthoughts, feelings and motives along with figuring out how your body best works.And you might think that this is a simple thing but thetruth is most people experience a lot of external pressure and outsideinterference when growing up both at home and in society with families, whenyou're at school, when you're at university and jobs. And this can sometimesmake you sort of deny yourself or try and fit yourself into a mould that youthink you're supposed to be in instead of trying to understand yourself better,advocating for what you need and want and then going forth and getting that andcommunicating that. Self understanding is so important for so many aspects ofyour life. Not just your career, which is what I talk about the most, butrelationships in general and personal development. It is an integral part oflife because it helps you grow as a person and will be successful because youunderstand yourself better.And there are many benefits to understanding yourselfbetter, including improved decision making skills. When you understand how youwork and your own thoughts and feelings, you therefore can make betterdecisions because you're going to be more rational and thoughtful about whatyou do, because you're less likely to make your emotions get in the way. And ofcourse understanding yourself better equals greater self awareness goes withoutsaying. By understanding your own thoughts and motives you will also becomemore aware of your own strengths and weaknesses which guides you and allows youto work on improving yourself in those areas. Then there's improvedrelationships.When you understand yourself better you will find thatyou'll be able to relate to others better, you'll be able to communicate moreeffectively and understand where others are coming from. And this in turn willlead to more robust and meaningful relationships with people you actually wantto have a relationship with rather than just having people in your life thatdon't support and help you when needed. And because of this, studies have shownthat people who understand themselves better tend to be happier in the long runthan those who don't. And this there's no clearcut reason why, but it might bebecause they accept themselves for who they are and aren't as hard onthemselves when making mistakes or different decisions. Overall, the deeperunderstanding you have about your needs and your body and the way your mindworks will lead to better stress management.People who understand themselves better are better atmanaging stress, and this is because they know their triggers and then know howto deal with their emotions in a healthy manner. So there are many ways toimprove your understanding of self. One thing you could do is try keeping ajournal where you can write about your thoughts and feelings. Make sure youreview your journal. Reading your entries will then help you identify patternsabout your...

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