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A Q&A with Kelly Boys on life
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Greatest Life Lesson
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Greatest Life Lesson
Kelly Boys • 00:47

Self-honesty and self-reflection are powerful tools for improving oneself and one's awareness of oneself. What is meant by self-honesty is being totally honest with oneself about one's thoughts, feelings, and actions. It requires bravery to acknowledge our shortcomings, successes, and failures while also taking responsibility for our deeds.

Self-reflection is an active form of introspection in which our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are evaluated. We must have a deeper awareness of who we are, what drives us, and how our actions affect others around us. Making room for self-awareness is necessary for this. We are able to make deliberate decisions that are in line with our beliefs and objectives by using self-reflection.

Exercises in self-honesty and self-reflection help us develop personally and offer us the ability to make improvements. It helps us become more self-compassionate, acknowledge our areas for improvement, and accept responsibility for our mistakes. By adopting self-honesty and regularly engaging in self-reflection, we deepen our understanding of ourselves, increase our self-awareness, and eventually lead more authentic and happier lives.


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[Kelly Boys, Mindfulness Trainer] - The most important life lesson a person can learn is to be able to be honest with themselves. We're really good at self delusion as human beings and if we're able to look without defense at our experience it makes everything better, our own inner experience, but relationships, our work. And I do think that the most important life lesson would be being able to be curious, honest, and undefended when you look inwardly.

Watching Now
Greatest Life Lesson
Greatest Life Lesson
Kelly Boys • 00:47

Self-honesty and self-reflection are powerful tools for improving oneself and one's awareness of oneself. What is meant by self-honesty is being totally honest with oneself about one's thoughts, feelings, and actions. It requires bravery to acknowledge our shortcomings, successes, and failures while also taking responsibility for our deeds.

Self-reflection is an active form of introspection in which our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are evaluated. We must have a deeper awareness of who we are, what drives us, and how our actions affect others around us. Making room for self-awareness is necessary for this. We are able to make deliberate decisions that are in line with our beliefs and objectives by using self-reflection.

Exercises in self-honesty and self-reflection help us develop personally and offer us the ability to make improvements. It helps us become more self-compassionate, acknowledge our areas for improvement, and accept responsibility for our mistakes. By adopting self-honesty and regularly engaging in self-reflection, we deepen our understanding of ourselves, increase our self-awareness, and eventually lead more authentic and happier lives.


View Transcript
[Kelly Boys, Mindfulness Trainer] - The most important life lesson a person can learn is to be able to be honest with themselves. We're really good at self delusion as human beings and if we're able to look without defense at our experience it makes everything better, our own inner experience, but relationships, our work. And I do think that the most important life lesson would be being able to be curious, honest, and undefended when you look inwardly.


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