Strategies for Connecting with Your Best Self

What is your Best Self?

Before considering strategies for connecting with your best self, your definition of your ‘best self’ is imperative to know. It takes a bit of critical thinking about your activity; the attention, intention and interaction you have with yourself, others and the world on a daily or moment-by-moment basis. Are you happy with the results? Could they be better? How?

How do you see yourself? How would you like to see yourself? What might be the simple changes you can make to reach from the former to the latter, if there is a difference? Being able to catch a glimpse in the mirror may not always work. Many, like myself, seek out reflections of who we are through investigating personal assessments of various kinds. Sometimes we made need some clarity on our ‘Why?’ in life.

Do We Know Ourselves?

A little research would provide a plethora of surveys that offer views based on your honest responses. The key is ‘honest’ and some choices of preferences are tough to make. Some of those surveys are paid, like BrainMap, DISC, Kolbe, and Clifton Strengths (formerly Strengthsfinder).Then there are some free alternatives like Myers-Briggs, Genius Report, High 5 Test, Keirsey Temperament Sorter, Big Five Personality Assessment and Holland Code to name a…