When you understand yourself you win.
Everyone is playing a different game and everyone is trying to win.
Some people know what game they are playing and some people don’t.
Some people know they are playing a game and some people don’t.
Some people know they are a player and some people are being played.
When you understand the game, you can understand how to play, when you start playing you can start winning.
To influence others they have to know you. To sale something to people they must know you. To be known you must know yourself and know how other people see you. People buy from people they know like and trust. If they don’t know you then they can’t like you or trust you. Figure out ways to get to know people. Go to meet ups, call people, email them, post on social media. Let people know who you are. Let people see you, hear you and trust you. It is easier to be unknown and hard to be known. Be known for the right reasons. Be known for helping others. Be known for quality, value, trust, kindness, empathy, a problem solver, creative, enthusiastic. Be known for always being there when people need it. Be known for the work that you do.
When you know how to push your buttons you can motivate yourself to move mountains. Know the language that turns you on. Know what motivates you. Know what makes you happy. Know what makes you laugh. Know what makes you feel good. Know what makes you sad and discourages you. What bores you? What excites you? What do you need? What do you want? If you know yourself you can let other people know who you are. Know what you stand for and what your values are. When you know yourself then you can work with other people better.
If you are not selfish you will get what is left over not what you deserve. First you need to know what you deserve. Know everything about your self, your actions, and your results. When you know the impact you have, you can be selfish to ask for what you deserve. This gives you the foundation for negotiations. There can be disagreements but unless you are fighting for yourself then you will be defeated.
If you feel lost, depressed or on the wrong track it is probably because you have been ignoring yourself. You have ignored the habits you do everyday. You are not doing the things that serve you but are distracted by things serving other people.
You are stuck in a rut because you have no vision for your future. If you don’t know where you are going then you will go no where. You will avoid adversity. You will avoid being uncomfortable. You will not grow.
Do you know yourself?
If you truly know yourself then you would be able to make better decisions. It takes more effort to be someone you are not so stop trying and just be yourself and become more of yourself.
As you get to know yourself it becomes easier and easier to be yourself. This is all that matters. Your situation is not who you are. You may be broke. You may be uneducated. You may be a rookie. You may be a lot of things but these are temporary situations. Figure out the root of who you are and become this fully.
It may feel uncomfortable and different but this is temporary too. Notice how things change as you change.
Know yourself better than anyone else.
Know your behavior. What makes you hurt? What make you feel good?
Know what you want.
Know who your friends are and who your enemies are.
Know that change can happen in a moment. (We are now in isolation from a virus)
Know that your values and beliefs will be the sail that directs your life.
