I’ve been lucky enough to have been on both sides of the coin when it comes to self-awareness. I’ve had great teachers in college who taught me what true self-awareness meant. They taught me how to think for myself. They taught me how to think about my decisions rather than just following someone else’s opinion. They taught me that I don’t have to be perfect to be a good person.
I feel like I’ve been lucky to have had the most self-aware and honest people I’ve ever met (I know, that’s a bit of an oxymoron). People who have taught me the most valuable life lessons. I wouldn’t trade the opportunity to be exposed to them for anything in the world. And I definitely wouldn’t trade the knowledge I’ve gained from them for the knowledge I’ve gained about myself.
It’s rare that you’ll find an intelligent person who is as self-aware as you, at least once you’ve been exposed to them. So you know what you’re going to get with them when you ask them for something, no matter what they say. But you’re not going to get it just because you ask them. A lot of the great people I’ve met are the ones who never asked for anything.
I always felt like they would be the perfect people to ask for something. And if they don’t, then they at least know that they are not the type of people I should ask for something. I think it shows in the way they treat people, and how they show up to the most important things in life.
The folks I know who are “hardcore” are the ones who don’t ask for help. They would refuse to drive up to a party in a car if someone asked them to, or ask a bunch of people to bring them a dish, if they were told they couldnt. They would get up and make their own way to wherever it is they needed to be for whatever it was that they needed.
I think a lot of people are a little put off by the idea of someone being “asked for something” in this situation, but I think it’s important to remember that when we aren’t asked for something, we’re usually in a position of power. The more you’re in a position of power, the easier it is to “ask for something.” The “something” may be a favor, or it may be something that we need.
I think its important to remember that in this case, were just asking for something. A lot of people would think, “well this is a very unusual situation and I don’t know the answer.” Well no one ever said that you could only ask for what you need. So ask for what you need, but then be aware of the power you have to ask for something.
I think it is very important to remember that we ask for things that we need, but that we are also asking for things that we want. The more we ask for things that we want, the easier we’ll make it for someone else to get them.
Ok, now that you’ve gotten that out of the way, it’s time to take us back to our first question.
Yes, but I think there are two good reasons why I ask this question: One, its a question whose answer isn’t so apparent. I don’t really need five guys to get me to the party island, but I do want to go there. That is, I don’t want to go there and miss my first drink of this night. Two, I want to make my next drink and get drunk as soon as possible.