The Ancient Greek Aphorism “Know Thyself” is Literally The Key to a Meaningful Life
How to see your self clearly
Humans are remarkably poor judges of themselves.
“Know yourself” is the sump of all philosophical commandments, Socrates once observed.
The phrase “Know thyself,” is centuries old, but it’s still one of the essential meta-skills of the 21st century.
Aristotle also said: “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
Who are you, really? Do you know? “Can you remember who you were,
before the world told you who you should be.” Charles Bukowski asks.
Self-knowledge is the sum total of who you truly are as a person, not an employee, writer, creator, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, or wife. The true self as it really is.
Who I am today is very different from who I was a decade ago — I know my basic long-term goals in life: I use that as a guide to choose what’s really worth my time because how we spend our time is how we live our lives.
Self-knowledge is life-changing. It’s the foundation for a better life.
“Research suggests that when we see ourselves clearly, we are more confident and more creative. We make sounder…
