How well do you know yourself?

Most of the time, we are not always in our ideal selves but that is a great thing.

Why?

Because it gives us the opportunity to get better each time. This implies that there is no end to better. You’ll feel good knowing that everyday, you have this chance to influence and always improve yourself. So, no matter what condition you find yourself in, you will always find ways to improve it. That is human nature.

@Doug Lennick, CEO of Think2Perform, aims to answer two self-awareness questions during his guesting at the Management Blueprint Podcast. The first question is “why do people do what they do” and the second question is “the possibility that he or anyone could really be who he would ideally like to be” more often.

Doug shares about the Freeze Game which is a great way to develop more self-awareness. This game has four steps, each starting with R’s

R1. Recognition

Recognize what is going on with yourself.

Ask yourself these questions:

• What am I thinking right now?
• How am I feeling right now?
• What am I doing?

Basically, this is an awareness of your emotions and actions. You have to keep doing this because practice makes it permanent. If you want to learn to pay attention to yourself, you have to…