Monday, May 4, 2009

Introspection

I was learning Python programming language when i ran into this section from IBM's website.
In everyday life, introspection is the act of self-examination.
Introspection refers to the examination of one's own thoughts, feelings, motivations, and actions.

The great philosopher Socrates spent much of his life in self-examination, encouraging his fellow Athenians to do the same.
He even claimed that, for him, "the unexamined life is not worth living."

I read about self-examination sometime when i was little, i forgot the right word for it.
I have been struggling with this issue for a long period of time.
What are we going to do after a process of "self-examination" ==> "re-evaluation" ?
Are we going to change our mind, our targets/goals, our methods ... and even changing ourselves ?

YES, we might have to change our mind, our targets/goals, our methods. I don't really believe that we have to change ourselves unless our CORE values were shaken or we don't have a CORE value set yet.
The answer for myself contains several words Balance, Adaption, Honest, Acceptance and Will

  1. We need to accept the fact that changing to adapt to a new situation is necessary
  2. We need to be honest to ourselves during the self-examination process
  3. We need to learn/know the balance-point/stop-point for the adaption process
  4. We need to have the will to the take necessary actions to adapt ourselves to the new condition

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