The Writing On The Wall

Thousands of years ago, people would travel to the Temple of Apollo to have their most important questions answered. In the temple, the high priestess, Pythia would give the visitors her knowledge, perspective and guidance. Little did the visitors know, the best piece of advice was actually inscribed on the wall of the temple.

Know thyself.

We all try to be good at the things that we do. Faster runners, better lacrosse players, present parents, inspiring coaches, decent writers, competent drummers, or even successful entrepreneurs. Aren’t we missing a prerequisite step? Why do we focus on improving just the externally demonstrable things? If you really know yourself, couldn’t it provide a better understanding of what brings joy into your life? Wouldn’t that feed a process to direct your energy and simplify decision making? It seems agreeable conceptually, but excuses run rampant in a world of oversubscription. Full calendars and depleted energy stores make it challenging to add one more thing to the list. This isn’t a guilt exercise because most of us really are doing the best we can. 

WTKY is a cheat code to unlock a path to self awareness, meaning and purpose.

There are two main obstacles. 

Obstacle #1 - Allocating time within an oversubscribed schedule

(What if I told you this process only takes one percent of your day?)

Obstacle #2 - Trusting a process that will actually deliver

(You won’t find a process to know yourself in a typical syllabus, but WTKY has an answer.)

Knowing yourself takes capturing internal bits of information and connecting them with other internal bits of information to encourage an interaction. Isn’t that how nature works? 

Okay, maybe you agree that the time requirement is reasonable, but you aren’t sure where to start. Grab a notebook and write. There isn’t a wrong answer. Writing what you are thinking is a great place to begin. If you prefer a little direction, try this week’s challenge below.

CHALLENGE: Finish the following sentence: If money were no object, I would …