My therapist says that people who can be introspective usually get farther in life because of their adaptability. Merriam-Webster defines introspection as \u201can examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not easy to look deep into yourself, but it offers many benefits. Through introspection, you can see negative patterns in your life before they get out of control. You can define your own life on your own terms. And you can stop worrying about things you can\u2019t control.<\/p>\n
If you need help focusing your introspection, here are some of the questions to ask yourself to make sure you’re on the right track: \u2028<\/em><\/p>\n Ben Franklin asked himself this question every day as part of his daily routine. I think it\u2019s a great way to remember that your life is about more than your responsibilities and duties. The good you do doesn\u2019t have to be show-stopping. Sometimes, just buying someone a cup of coffee or remembering to stop and smile can make the day special for you and the other person.<\/p>\n When I get angry or resentful, I know that something is out line. Usually, it\u2019s not because I\u2019m really mad at the other person, I\u2019m upset because I feel as if my boundaries are being infringed upon. Instead of destroying a relationship, I sort out my feelings and try to resolve the problem in peace.<\/p>\n In my family, we used to have a system where we\u2019d give events a score on how much we wanted to do it. This was really helpful when everyone seemed to apprehensive. If we couldn\u2019t get 10 points between all 4 of us, we probably shouldn\u2019t go. (This only works with optional events.) It\u2019s good to ask yourself why to remember you have options.<\/p>\n If your friends and family aren\u2019t validating, inspiring and helping you to do better, why are they in your life? It\u2019s hard to breakup, but when people aren\u2019t uplifting, consider minimizing your time with them. Don\u2019t put up with people who drag you down.<\/p>\n Asking these four questions of yourself every day leads to a more introspective life which can improve not only your personal life, but your business life.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ask these four questions of yourself daily to improve your personal and business life in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337267,"featured_media":10892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[140,1234],"class_list":["post-12907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","tag-professionalism-2","tag-real-estate-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/woman-bench.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21292,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12907\/revisions\/21292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What good shall I do this day? \u2028<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Why am I feeling\u2026.? <\/strong><\/h3>\n
Why am I choosing to do\u2026? <\/strong><\/h3>\n
Who am I spending my time with? <\/strong><\/h3>\n