Who am I? Self-Reflection Memoir

Rationale:

"Time spent in self-reflection is never wasted. It is an intimate date with yourself" Paul TP Wong

We are part of Gen X, Y and Z, where we face new challenges on a daily basis from environmental issues to cutting budgets to new paradigms related to personal and professional lives. We complain that we don't have enough time to complete our essential?chores while in the midst of everything we cannot find time for self-reflection. Wong says self-reflection is like an intimate date with ourselves.

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes" Carl Jung

Jung takes it a step further and refers to self-reflection as an awakening tool. He says when you look outside, you are dreaming but when you look within you awaken. You become one with yourself.

EQ & Self-Reflection

Mindmap:

Self-reflection and EQ are linked, as shown in the above mindmap. It can also play a vital role when deploying situational sensing.

Self-Reflection can impact many other elements, including the following:

• Integrity
• Authenticity
• Creativity
• Mindfulness

Who am I?

"I am the society, I am an organisation, I am an institution, I am a profession, I am a vocation, I am a business, I am the culture, I am relationship, ...... I am you"

Self-Reflection Memoir

I lead without leadership

I manage with chaos

I walk without vision

Hard work is an arduous journey for me

I have an innate quality that represents narcissism

I am inspired by snollygosters

I breed on selfishness

I don't learn for the sake of improving but for showcasing my artefacts

I am not flabbergasted by falsifications rather impressed with it

I feed on fake emotions and feel elated about it

I believe rumours

I have perfected the art of communicating but have forgotten how to listen

I am greedy

I am ignorant

Jealously runs in my blood

I strive for more and give less

I am looking for ways to be happy but along the way make others' life miserable

Money is the only language I comprehend

When it comes to business, I am shrewd. I am materialistic, only care about tangible assets and people are just numbers

I am short-sighted and after quick gains

Always looking for an easy way out

I have a habit of blaming others for my mistakes

I hold everyone in contempt for my failures

Don't take responsibility for my actions

No accountability

No humility

I am toxic

I have created a secret barter system for my every action from maintaining relationships to helping people, at work and much more

I am an energy vampire

I find scapegoats

Pushing under the bus is the norm for me

I don't reflect

I don't say sorry

I don't feel sorry

I cannot sympathise

Empathy is a luxury for me

I don't talk to myself

I don't have genuine relationships

I depend too much on technology

I have more online friends than real ones

I feed my emotions with social media likes

For me, vanity and pride are a way of life

I am intolerant

I have barricaded my feelings with hate and anger

I find it hard to approach people due to my mammoth ego

I love myself very much

I am ravenous about earning more but still not content

I look at others rather than within when it comes to finding faults

Care, love, share and respect are a rare commodities for me

I depend on fake stimuli (Social Media)

I think more is always better

Not quality but quantity is my motto

Compatibility is an issue in all my relationships

I have lost the love for humanity

I have more interest in other's life than my own

I am quick at giving suggestions but don't listen or implement them in my own life

My way or highway is my national anthem

I feed my ego with all the seven deadly sins

I don't reflect on my actions

My every action has a hidden agenda

I have become very calculative even when it comes to maintaining relationships

Happy but not content

I pretend to help

I expect more and put in less

I expect quick results

I try to find quick solutions for my problems

I see but don't acknowledge

I listen but don't understand

I do but don't know what

I ask but don't comprehend

I force my beliefs on others

I want to be liked by all

I have a habit of poking my nose in other people's business

I care less

I think I know best

I don't take time out to hear other people's perspective

When I am frustrated I want everyone to be the same

Complaining is my religion

I keep moaning about my situation but not ready to do anything about it

I lack maturity

I lack emotional intelligence

I lack situational sensing

I believe pessimism is the only way out

I don't empty my glass and learn

I don't give credit to others and acknowledge their contributions

It's hard for me to say thank you

I don't have time to reflect

I take pride in discriminating on the basis of colour, race, ethnicity and religion

I only like people who are like me

People who say 'yes' are my favourite

I am oblivious to what is conspicuous

I am not competent at what I do

I do not have a growth mindset

I am not transparent

I don't have a craftsman's mindset

Verdict:

Self-reflection is a powerful tool to look within, a gauge to measure our contributions to society, a mirror to find out what are we made of and a litmus test for our ego. Self-reflection can improve your physical and mental health. It may support you with mindfulness and make you content.

Self-reflection plays a crucial?role in personal and professional development. It may enhance your skills and makes you a better person. Doesn't matter which domain or discipline you are in from leadership to education to hospitality to relationships, self-reflection acts as a fulcrum in improving them. It can become a change agent and the catalyst for dealing with the VUCA world uncertainty.

Reflect and strive to become the best version of yourself, who will leave a legacy of love, care, respect and humility." iD Think About It (Idrees Ahmed Mohammed)