Quotes About Self-awareness

We all operate on different levels of awareness. Half the time I don't know what I'm doing.

We're not really conscious of what we're doing most of the time.

Sometimes, we can't trust our own vision. We have to see the good another sees in us.

Al día de hoy, al comprender la habilidad del mundo para presionarme hasta que haga lo que no hago, he madurado. Con qué actitud desempeño mi papel, eso depende únicamente de mi.

Let me know that into the knot of self comes the thread called time, and that what I am, disgraced or blessed, came from what I was, goes to what I yet may be.

No one knows more about the way you think than you do.

Teaching Fire a Lesson Fire is hot. That's what it does. If you get burned by fire, you can be annoyed at yourself, but being angry at fire doesn't do you much good. And trying to teach the fire a lesson so it won't be hot next time is certainly not time well spent. Our inclination is to give fire a pass, because it's not human. But human beings are similar, in that they're not going to change any time soon either.

Everything gets easier when you walk away from the hubris of everyone. Your work is not for everyone. It's only for those who signed up for the journey.

Believe it or not, quitting is often a great strategy, a smart way to manage your life and your career. Sometimes, though, quitting is exactly the wrong thing to do.

All effective education creates tension, because just before you learn something, you're aware you don't know it (yet).

Step one is to give the problem a name. Sheepwalking. Done. Step two is for those of you who see yourself in this mirror to realize that you can always stop. You can always claim the career you deserve merely by refusing to walk down the same path as everyone else just because everyone else is already doing it.

It's easier to be mediocre than it is to confront reality and quit. Quitting is difficult. Quitting requires you to acknowledge that you're never going to be #1 in the world. At least not at this. So it's easier just to put it off, not admit it, settle for mediocre. What a waste.

The challenge lies in knowing your market and yourself well enough to see the truth.

Believe it or not, quitting is often a great strategy, a smart way to manage your life and your career.

The best reason someone talks about you is because they're actually talking about themselves.

Everyone always acts in accordance with their internal narratives. You can't get someone to do something that they don't want to do, and most of the time, what people want to do is take action (or not take action) that reinforces their internal narratives.

The best reason someone talks about you is because they're actually talking about themselves.

I wished I had some heroes, one or two people self-aware enough to be bigger than their smallest hungers

Is this how I will forever live my life, owing explanations and apologies? When did this manner of making my way through the world start?

Finally, nausea at my own ballooning sense of self wore me down and I slept. (17)

Gotta realize that all you are is all you got.

when a man fell into a deep hole, it was usually a good idea to stop digging.

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.

Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.