Know Yourself: The Foundation for a Meaningful

Life

M4L 2013 Lesson 1

© Paul T. P. Wong

An Overview: Know Yourself video

Why is self-knowledge essential?

Self-deception is self-destructive.

Sources of self-deception

Further obstacles to self-knowledge

It’s never too late to start the process of change.

Life is a process of self-discovery.

Life is a healing journey.

From Self-centeredness to Self-transcendence

Life is a process of growing in wisdom.

An existential view of the good life

It is a process of self-discovery.

It is a healing journey.

It is a spiritual journey.

It is a process of growing in wisdom.

We all suffer from self-illusion.

Self-knowledge is the key to victories at work and in life.

Self-deception can be fatal.

Johari’s WindowVideo

90% of the contents of our minds are unconscious.

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Pride & fear are the reasons for most of our unconscious contents.

Your irritability is your vulnerability.

We all have our own shadows.

You are both Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

Shakespearean heroes have fatal flaws.

We are prone to self-deception."Given our conscious mind's propensity to tell stories that make the world cohere even at the expense of the truth, as well as the fact that most of our behavior emerges from places in our minds unseen, it's little wonder we're so often wrong about why we actually do the things we do, and the type of people we actually are. Add our ego-driven need to appear to be all things virtuous and good into the mix and we find ourselves mixing a potent recipe for significant self-delusion." (Alex Lickerman, MD)

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Public Self

Multiple Selves

Perceived Self

Ideal SelfTrue

Self

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People don’t tell us the truth.

Start the process of self-discovery.

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Authenticity leads to better relationships.