There were also people in the hospitals who were highly successful in their carrier and earned a lot of money, name and fame. But even then, not all of them were happy in their last days. But why is it so. Why is it so that even after achieving what they think was their ultimate goal, they couldn't get the happiness that they deserve? Why is it so that all that money and stuff that they had earned couldn't satisfy them? Why? Well the most possible answer that I could figure out after reading all those books, listening to so many people and with the help of my own life experiences is that. Those people didn't
know themselves. They didn't took the time out to know themselves. What do I like? What do I want? What's my place? What's my purpose? Maybe they never asked these questions to themselves. So as a result they took the way to a wrong summit. And after all those years of hard work when they knew that they climbed the wrong mountain, they surely weren't happy. Who would be?
This is the last article of the series ' Why people are not happy in their deathbed. If you haven't seen the first four articles then I suggest you to do it. To go to the first article click here
This is just an example of how not taking the time to know ourselves can affect our lives. But surely, I haven't written this article to discourage you by telling you about the lives of those people who ultimately failed. I have written this article to tell you the benefits of taking the time out to know yourself and how to do it.
First of all. What are the benefits of knowing yourself. Well, there are a hell lot of benefits of knowing yourself. But the main ones are these:-
* You come to know about your strength and weaknesses -- When you take the time out to know yourself, guess what, you come to know yourself. You come to know about all of your strengths and your weaknesses. After that, you can choose which side of yourself do you need to enhance and which part to access during ordinary time. And guess what, when you know what your weaknesses are, half of your problems already sort out automatically.
* You stop the crime of self betrayal -- Well, self betrayal is the act of betraying yourself. And you know what is the saddest fact in this story, you might be doing it without even knowing that you're doing it. Whenever you lie to someone, do something bad and act as if nothing happened, play small with your talent or say yes to something you should be saying no to, you betray yourself. And let me inform you that self betrayal is the worst of all the crimes because it doesn't allow you be happy. The depression that most people suffer from isn't from anything else but due to act of self betrayal. But guess what. When you'll know yourself, you'll come to know about all those things which lead to self betrayal and then you'll have the choice to avoid them.
* You get to know what you truly like and what you dislike -- When you'll take the time out to know yourself, you'll have a better understanding of your likes and dislikes. You'll know what gives you true happiness and all. You'll have a better understanding of the things that you do or don't. I'll like to tell what Robin Sharma says about this. "Understanding gives clarity and clarity leads to better results." And that's what it's all about. Better Results.
* It'll keep you from climbing the wrong mountain -- As I told you earlier about people climbing the wrong mountain. Let me tell you that nothing hurts more than reaching the summit just to know that you climbed the wrong mountain. As I told you above that you'll come to know about your likes and dislikes in a better way. It won't be much harder for you now to search your ultimate goal out of the things that you like to do. And you won't ever climb the wrong mountain in your life.
I know that you are a busy person. But we only have one life. And if we can't figure out our whole life what we truly like then our walking over this planet will be worthless. So trust me. The more time that you will invest in searching yourself, the more time you'll save by not doing those unnecessary things that you don't like. I have seen a successful businessman leave his job to start a carrier as a piano artist. Surely the world may label him as a fool. But after taking his new job, his life has taken a whole new turn and now he can be said to be truly happy. So, to me, he is a real hero who chased what he truly loved in his life without caring about the world. He was in his forties when he did this. So you can do this too. Just search what you'll truly love doing and then go for it.
You can do this by keeping a journal, self reflection( thinking about your life, where it is and where you want to take it, what changes you want to bring in your life, etc) and you can even ask people about yourself and then make an average result to where you stand as a person in the world. And those who has already done it, they can tell us about their experiences or the way in which they did it( so that other people can also benefit with it) in the comment box. Stay happy as always:-)
This is the last article of the series ' Why people are not happy in their deathbed. If you haven't seen the first four articles then I suggest you to do it. To go to the first article click here
This is just an example of how not taking the time to know ourselves can affect our lives. But surely, I haven't written this article to discourage you by telling you about the lives of those people who ultimately failed. I have written this article to tell you the benefits of taking the time out to know yourself and how to do it.
First of all. What are the benefits of knowing yourself. Well, there are a hell lot of benefits of knowing yourself. But the main ones are these:-
* You come to know about your strength and weaknesses -- When you take the time out to know yourself, guess what, you come to know yourself. You come to know about all of your strengths and your weaknesses. After that, you can choose which side of yourself do you need to enhance and which part to access during ordinary time. And guess what, when you know what your weaknesses are, half of your problems already sort out automatically.
* You stop the crime of self betrayal -- Well, self betrayal is the act of betraying yourself. And you know what is the saddest fact in this story, you might be doing it without even knowing that you're doing it. Whenever you lie to someone, do something bad and act as if nothing happened, play small with your talent or say yes to something you should be saying no to, you betray yourself. And let me inform you that self betrayal is the worst of all the crimes because it doesn't allow you be happy. The depression that most people suffer from isn't from anything else but due to act of self betrayal. But guess what. When you'll know yourself, you'll come to know about all those things which lead to self betrayal and then you'll have the choice to avoid them.
* You get to know what you truly like and what you dislike -- When you'll take the time out to know yourself, you'll have a better understanding of your likes and dislikes. You'll know what gives you true happiness and all. You'll have a better understanding of the things that you do or don't. I'll like to tell what Robin Sharma says about this. "Understanding gives clarity and clarity leads to better results." And that's what it's all about. Better Results.
* It'll keep you from climbing the wrong mountain -- As I told you earlier about people climbing the wrong mountain. Let me tell you that nothing hurts more than reaching the summit just to know that you climbed the wrong mountain. As I told you above that you'll come to know about your likes and dislikes in a better way. It won't be much harder for you now to search your ultimate goal out of the things that you like to do. And you won't ever climb the wrong mountain in your life.
I know that you are a busy person. But we only have one life. And if we can't figure out our whole life what we truly like then our walking over this planet will be worthless. So trust me. The more time that you will invest in searching yourself, the more time you'll save by not doing those unnecessary things that you don't like. I have seen a successful businessman leave his job to start a carrier as a piano artist. Surely the world may label him as a fool. But after taking his new job, his life has taken a whole new turn and now he can be said to be truly happy. So, to me, he is a real hero who chased what he truly loved in his life without caring about the world. He was in his forties when he did this. So you can do this too. Just search what you'll truly love doing and then go for it.
You can do this by keeping a journal, self reflection( thinking about your life, where it is and where you want to take it, what changes you want to bring in your life, etc) and you can even ask people about yourself and then make an average result to where you stand as a person in the world. And those who has already done it, they can tell us about their experiences or the way in which they did it( so that other people can also benefit with it) in the comment box. Stay happy as always:-)
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