What is Introspection? Introspection is all about understanding about yourself.
It's one of the fundamental tools of self-improvement because the more self aware you are, the more you can help people.
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Self improve by changing your Behaviour You can change aspects of your behaviour that will benefit your life.
You can change parts of your behaviour that does not help you to become successful.
One of the key principles of self improvement is to spend time thinking about the things that are going well in your life, as well as what is wrong.
Introspection will require you to do this.
By using introspection, not only will you will be able to see the unpleasant things about you, but also be in a positive mind to take decisive action.
There is also the possibility of discovering new things that you enjoy and incorporate new behaviours and positive thinking.
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Self improve by challenging your beliefs Introspection encourages you to challenge your existing beliefs and values that you take for granted.
Introspection acts as a torch into your soul that will give you the information that you need to changes.
By doing so, a sense of realism will be achieved along with a sense of optimism and self belief for the future.
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Improve your decision making ability As well as increasing your levels of self awareness, introspection improves your decision making ability because you feel more confident in the knowledge you are basing your decision making on.
Any decision that is made, where the decision is to not to proceed with something, based on the feeling of not capable of doing it is called limiting decision.
Examples include thinking that you are too stupid or bad to do something.
Introspection will help to reduce limiting decisions by improving your self awareness to make more positive decisions.