A Thing: The 1st One. (You.)

So, let's face it.  Every situation you encounter in life will have one thing in common.  That's right.  Every single solitary situation.  Do you resent that?  Are you questioning me on this?  Are you making grand, internal statements about how there is no possible way that every situation one encounters could share a common variable, because in the universe around us, everything is constantly changing, so there is simply no way that anything could remain the same through every experience we ever have?  Well, if you are, then I am glad I could trick you into taking your daily dose of critical thinking.  However, you are incorrect.  There is one thing that will be there, consistently, through everything you ever do:  it's you. 

And you know what that makes you?  Super duper important, that's what.  It is for this reason that self-examination is vital to success.  Good self-examination skills may not be necessary to succeed, but they are surely a great assistance.  Think about it.  Imagine absolutely always having access to the greatest tool in the world, but not knowing how to work it.  Self-examination is your way of writing the instruction manual to that great and always-accessible tool.  (You.) 

If you dig what I'm putting down, but you honestly have no idea how to go about this foretold of "self-examination", try starting here.  This tutorial will familiarize you with seven and a curiously present "half" habits to start thinking about making for yourself.  As you're mulling these over, consider which habits you already have, to whatever degree; and which habits are more likely to fall into the "not so much" category.

For instance, when I thought about these habits, myself, I realized that habits one and three are the easiest for me to carry out, and that habit four was the hardest.  This, consequently, led to light being shed on the aspects of my character which make these habits respectively easier or harder to make.  Now, I am aware that habit one is a habit that I form almost naturally, due to the fact that I prefer to imagine the big picture, before I concentrate my efforts on just a corner of it, and that the reason I take well to habit three is that I tend not to view obstacles as having the potential to stop me, but rather view them as having the potential to make me go in a different direction (around the obstacle).  I am also aware that habit four is hard for me to form due to my intrinsic hesitation to believe in myself and my abilities.

See how that little bit self-examination familiarized me with my strengths and weaknesses?  I wrote practically the entire first chapter of my instruction manual, just by doing that!  (Figuratively, of course.)  So now, write yours!  Do a little introspection.  What are you good at?  What could use a little bit of work?  What do you like doing?  What are you a less jazzed about?  Figure yourself out!   Learning how to utilize yourself to the best of your ability will be a great advantage to you, in all of those situations you will encounter in your life, because you will always have you with you!  You are your most valuable tool; learn how to use yourself!