Know Thy Self: An Adage for Leadership, Selling & Life!

How well do you really know yourself? When was the last time, you took the time, and made the effort, to thoroughly, introspectively, give yourself a checkup, from the neck up? Whether you are a leader (corporate, business, or not - for -profit), a professional (physician, dentist, etc, or Independent Contractor (such as a professional real estate agent, or Investment Adviser), the better you know and understand yourself, the better off you'll be.

This process begins with knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and having a strategy to best use the strengths, while positively addressing areas of weakness. Can you admit your faults and/ or weaknesses, and what will you be willing to do, to improve?

Do you see yourself as others do? Would you like you? Why? If you're in leadership, why should anyone pay attention, listen, or follow you? If you're a professional, what is it, which distinguishes you, over others in your profession? If you are Independent Contractor, why should potential clients seek you out?

What makes you unique? Why should others care? How do you point out these strengths, as part of your Elevator Speech?

It all begins by Knowing Thy Self, and asking if you are the best you can be? Will you live up to, and perform, up to your potential?