15 SELF-AWARENESS 1: YOUR PAST
Knowing others is intelligence.
Knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tsu
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Write your life story, picking out significant events and episodes that
most affected your confidence. No need to write a novel – just a few
notes will do fine.
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Sit quietly and reflect on your life.
■ What are the main difficulties, losses and setbacks that you remember?
■ How did you cope?
■ Do you still have any feelings about those events?
■ Are there any regrets?
■ What strengths and resources have these hardships and losses given
you?
■ How often has your confidence let you down? In what way?
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What were your biggest mistakes? Your biggest failures? How did they
affect you then? How do they affect you now?
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Of what are you most ashamed? Do you have any guilty secrets,
anything you would not want anyone else to discover about your past?
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