Three Tips for Seeing Yourself More Clearly

It is hard to have great ideas, goals, and ambitions only to recognize that you have habits and behaviors that make accomplishing those great ideas, goals, and ambitions really challenging.

It is one thing to realize you don’t have the knowledge or experience or sometimes the resources to make them a reality. But it is even more frustrating and deflating when you recognize it is a habit or behavior (and we like to call these things “Me”; we make it about us and not the habit or behavior in the way) that is applying the breaks to progress. And when we recognize those self-inflicting behaviors, the frustration infects our mind, spirit, and body.

I know these feelings because I see them in my day to day and week to week. I struggle with them too. And what is most maddening is knowing the What to do and yet poor habits or “circumstances get in the way” send slipping off my path. Sometimes subtly, sometimes like walking on a winter day in New England and you step on some ice and you try to save from spilling your coffee kind of off your path. Both really suck.

Now at the beginning of the last paragraph I used a word that in fact shows my progress in this effort to create habits and behaviors that will help me get what I am chasing. That word was “see”. “…because I see them in my …”. You can gain knowledge through books and courses, you can practice and put yourself out there, you can ask others to hold you accountable, you can even start to get a taste of success. But if you can’t see what you're doing, when you do it, where you do it, how you do it, and clarify why you’re doing it with the results from each action, you’re merely practicing hollow actions.

Here’s why seeing is important:

Three tips to seeing yourself more clearly:

As you practice these three actions and begin to truly see yourself more clearly, you will see aspects of your behaviors and habits that you will not like seeing. It will feel personal and hurt. Yet your only true path out is through. When you have great ideas, goals, and ambitions you are already seeing what could be. What can be. To get there, you have see where you are starting from, where you are each day, and if you are staying on path. Otherwise, you’ll still see and feel the weight of those “what could be” visions to only circle around them as the days pass by. Go see what you can accomplish.

About the Author…

Joe Smith helps people frustrated with their personal development achieve their desired outcomes. With over 25 years experience in people and self development, Joe leads through coaching, courses, and resources to create habits that produce long-term results. In addition to learning and doing, He enjoys a good run and a crafted beverage.

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