3 Ways to Know Yourself Better

Understanding your personality and style can lead to greater self-esteem and satisfaction

These are questions many of us face at some point in our lives. I know I face these questions every few years. Each time I pay attention to discovering more about who I am and what drives me, I am better equipped to propel myself to my desired future.

Knowing who we are has the been the focal point of a three-part series. We have explored our values — why and how values can be a guiding force in our life. And we have considered our strengths — what are they and how can we realize their benefits.

This final part of the series explores our personality and styles. We will cover what is our style, why we should understand it, and how we can use this information to lead a life filled with meaning and purpose.

How we define or describe our personal style can vary. I am not talking about our wardrobe choices or how fashionable we are. It is about our thinking and our behaviors.

Our styles are a combination of our preferences, behaviors, emotions, thought patterns, motivations and qualities that make up our character. It may be how we are described by others as these components are more evident to others than deeper parts such as strengths and values. But it is more than how we are perceived, it is how we think and feel as well, which is our internal experience of our style.

When we know who we are we can act with greater confidence, increase our self-esteem, enjoy greater satisfaction from our work, increase our productivity, improve our health and wellbeing and ultimately, live to our potential.

The connection between knowing ourselves and realizing these benefits is that with greater knowledge, comes more choices. We gain self-awareness to make better decisions that align with our true selves. Instead of acting the way others think we should out of a sense of duty, we can honor our authentic self and choose what we know and trust is…

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